Apple dropped the app ICEBlock from the App Store on Thursday after Justice Department officials linked it to violence against federal agents.
Attorney General Pam Bondi asked the tech giant to remove the app that allows anonymous users to report the locations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
“We reached out to Apple today demanding they remove the ICEBlock app from their App Store — and Apple did so,” Bondi said in a statement to Fox Business.
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“ICEBlock is designed to put ICE agents at risk just for doing their jobs, and violence against law enforcement is an intolerable red line that cannot be crossed,” Bondi explained.
“This Department of Justice will continue making every effort to protect our brave federal law enforcement officers,
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