Judge sides with creators of banned ICE trackers who allege DHS and DOJ violated their First Amendment rights
A judge has ruled in favor of creators of ICE tracking apps, granting a preliminary injunction against the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice. The court found that the government likely violated the First Amendment by pressuring platforms like Facebook and Apple to remove the apps, which used publicly available information to monitor ICE activity.
- Entities
- Company: Department of Homeland Security
- Person: Pam Bondi
- Company: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
- Company: Apple
- Topic: Civil Liberties
- Topic: App Development
- Topic: First Amendment
- Company: United States Department of Justice
- Person: Kristi Noem
- Company: Google
- Company: Facebook
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