A shocking and painful capitulation on the part of Apple.
It’s time to swamp Tim Cook, head of Apple, with emails, letters, and phone calls, as we did for Jimmy Kimmel, telling him to reinstate the ICEBlock app. Ask your friends to write, too. We can also call, write letters, reach him via his social media or Linked In accounts. You can include details from the NPR report below and an interview with the ICE Block app also below, clarifying that Pam Bondi’s claims of its threat of violence to ICE agents is a fabrication.
Cook’s email address is public: tcook@apple.com. It is well known that Cook reads all of his email every morning and while he may not respond to each person who writes, he often forwards emails to other Apple employees, who may respond.
BACKGROUND: “Apple and Google on Thursday removed apps that alert people when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are nearby following pressure from Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Critics of the tech giants capitulating to the Trump administration say it shows the sway President Trump has over Silicon Valley in his second term.
Apple said it yanked an app called ICEBlock from its app store after the “safety risks” of the app were made known to the company. The anonymous, crowd-sourced app describes itself as “Waze but for ICE sightings,” and claims to serve as an early warning system informing people when ICE agents are nearby.
…”We reached out to Apple today demanding they remove the ICEBlock app from their App Store — and Apple did so,” said Bondi in a statement to Fox News.”
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WAYS TO CONTACT TIM COOK
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Hear from Joshua Aaron, Creator of ICEBlock
Joshua Aaron, creator of ICEBlock app, talks about what the app actually does and how it cannot be used for violence, as Bondi claims.
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“ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’” by Joseph Cox
Guilford Peace Alliance 