{"id":13648,"date":"2026-01-09T23:57:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/its-time-for-apple-to-reinstate-iceblock\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T23:57:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:57:24","slug":"its-time-for-apple-to-reinstate-iceblock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/its-time-for-apple-to-reinstate-iceblock\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s time for Apple to reinstate ICEBlock"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In October, Apple caved to pressure from the Trump administration and removed ICEBlock — and similar apps which crowdsourced the location of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement activity — from its App Store. Apple’s stated rationale? The apps could “be used to harm law enforcement officers.” But armed-to-the-teeth ICE officers don’t need protection from civilians. Apple had that exactly backward.<\/p>\n

That became impossible to ignore on Wednesday, when ICE agent Jonathon Ross killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in cold blood. By now, you don’t need me to recount her brutal last moments. But the footage (graphic and disturbing as it is) is out there, and we can see the Trump administration’s propaganda about the event for what it is.<\/p>\n

ICE was a dangerous force long before this week. This was the agency’s ninth shooting since September. 32 people died in ICE custody in 2025. Around a third of those arrested by ICE agents — often masked and refusing to identify themselves — don’t even have criminal records.<\/p>\n

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What changed this week was, arguably, that the victim wasn’t a brown-skinned person. ICE claimed the life of a white American citizen, one who, according to her wife, was a kind, loving mom and a Christian. Unfortunately, the US has a dark history of shrugging off violence as long as it’s directed towards a marginalized group. That wasn’t possible for mainstream newsreaders here.<\/p>\n

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