ICE monitoring app takedowns violated the First Amendment
A court has stopped the U.S. government from forcing Apple to take down ICE reporting apps from the App Store , due to it being a violation of the First Amendment. Image credit: TheFire.org In February , a lawsuit from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression ( FIRE ) took aim at the U.S. government over the right to report the activities of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). The preliminary finding, issued on April 17, lands in FIRE's favor, with the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice being prevented from coercing Apple and Facebook into removing apps and interfering with communications. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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A court has stopped the U.S. government from forcing Apple to take down ICE reporting apps from the App Store , due to it being a violation of the First Amendment. Image credit: TheFire.org In February , a lawsuit from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression ( FIRE ) took aim at the U.S. government over the right to report the activities of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). The preliminary finding, issued on April 17, lands in FIRE's favor, with the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice being prevented from coercing Apple and Facebook into removing apps and interfering with communications. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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A court has stopped the U.S.
government from forcing Apple to take down ICE reporting apps from the App Store , due to it being a violation of the First Amendment.
Image credit: TheFire.org In February , a lawsuit from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression ( FIRE ) took aim at the U.S.
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