SCOOP: Apple Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with House Speaker Mike Johnson, an anti-migrant hardliner, at Donald Trump’s second inaugural on January 26 (Source: Speaker Johnson’s Instagram)

WASHINGTON — Apple has quietly removed DeICER, a civic-reporting app used to log immigration enforcement activity, from its App Store after a law enforcement complaint — invoking a rule normally reserved for protecting marginalized groups from hate speech.