20260208 RedDot und ICEblock verschwunden

Censored by Apple and Google

It's unbelievable that, in a rush to show their subservience, billion-dollar tech companies are letting apps disappear into oblivion just because the government doesn't like them. Apple did something similar about 10 years ago. At that time, an app disappeared from their store that allowed users to view drone strikes and the number of casualties caused by the illegal war waged by the US in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen. Now Arsenal PAC, Win Without War, Democracy for America and others have written to us asking us to take a stand against the censorship of apps that document the unlawful actions of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency:

Big Tech caved to Trump. Now families are paying the price. Tell Apple & Google CEOs: End your contracts with ICE NOW.

In late September 2025, 300 ICE agents raided an apartment building in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood. They kicked down doors after midnight while people slept in their beds. They zip-tied children and used flash bangs on families, including American citizens. A federal judge later ruled that ICE illegally detained hundreds without warrants or probable cause, violating a court order.

The apps that could have warned those families? The tools that could have documented what agents did and help hold them accountable for their actions? Gone. Deleted from the app stores just days earlier – at Trump's request.

Trump's Attorney General, Pam Bondi, made a phone call, and that's all it took. Apple ripped ICEBlock from the App Store.² Google pulled Red Dot.³ The largest apps that let people document ICE activity and warn their neighbors were gone. Legal. Protected speech. Removed overnight simply because the administration asked.

Communities aren't waiting for permission. When Big Tech pulled the plug, families turned to platforms like ResistMap – built outside the app stores, beyond corporate reach. No app to delete. No company to pressure. No billionaire board to fold under a phone call.

But no one should have to route around corporate censorship to document government abuse.

Demand Apple and Google terminate all contracts with ICE and CBP and commit publicly to protect Americans' right to document and share information about law enforcement activity - just as they already do with Waze, Citizen, or any other app.
CHN Action, Washington, DC 20036

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