A Meta spokesperson said the company enforces a zero-tolerance policy on any content that could lead to “offline harm.”
Meanwhile, local activists and developers who created similar tools say the government’s actions amount to censorship.
“Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move,” said Joshua Aaron, developer of the recently banned ICEBlock app. “Our mission has always been to protect our neighbors from the terror this administration continues to reign down on the people of this nation.”
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Apple, Google Also Comply to Remove Dox and Target Pages
Meta isn’t alone in facing federal scrutiny. Earlier this month, Apple removed the ICEBlock app from its App Store, and Google restricted downloads of similar tools used to flag ICE sightings. These moves came just hours after DOJ officials asked major tech firms to take action against apps or pages that share law enforcement locations.
