The Iceblock app has increased, an application that allows users to report anonymous scenes of immigration and customs officials (ICE), the application store plans after receiving criticism from the Trump administration. On Monday, US Internal Security Minister Christie Nom responded CNN coverage From iceblock In a post on xShe described it as “an obstruction of justice.”
After this comment, Iceblock has grown in popularity overnight, and brought it To the top From the application store on Tuesday before Decline to third place At the time of writing this report. According to To its websiteIceblock allows users to report scenes from ICE officials with “caps” and display reports that others have been made in a five -miles radius. “It also says that the application does not store any personal data,” makes it impossible to track reports to individual users. “
Tuesday, Nayyim told reporters It will work with the Ministry of Justice to see if the Trump administration can “sue” CNN on its ice report: “What they do is actively encourages people to avoid law enforcement activities and operations.” The director also claimed on behalf of the ice, Todd Leon CNN reports are “endangering the life of the officers.”
“It should not be used for violent incitement or law to interfere,” says a message inside iceblock. Iceblock was launched in April in response to President Trump’s mass deportation efforts throughout the country. Iceblock says it has more than 20,000 users often located in Los Angeles, Where many ice raids are carried out.
The Trump administration’s threats seem to have only increased interest in Iceblock, which has since witnessed The fake makes their way To the Google Play store, where it is not currently available because “there is no way to provide a 100 % identity” on Android, according to The application developer. Trump supporters and right -wing influencers have also started interacting with the application, Some of them claim They “flood” ice with fake reports in an attempt to dump real scenes.
freedom Contact with Apple with a request for comment on the presence of iceblock in the application store but he didn’t hear immediately.
