ICEBlock developer sues Trump administration over App Store removal
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ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron sues Trump administration officials over alleged unlawful threats and pressure on Apple to remove the app from the App Store, vowing to fight back as announced on Bluesky.
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Joshua Aaron, the developer of the ICEBlock app, is suing Attorney General Pam Bondi, US Homeland Security Secretary Kirsti Noem, acting director of ICE Todd Lyons, White House "Border Czar" Tom Homan, and other federal officials over the Trump administration's "unlawful threats" made against Aaron and its actions to pressure Apple to pull the app from the App Store, which it did.
"We promised you we would fight back. Well, today's the day we make good on the promise," according to a post from ICEBlock's official account on Bluesky. Aaron, Apple, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Justice didn't immediately respond t …