Apple’s Justification for Removing DeICER From the App Store

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By John GruberOct 9, 2025, 1:41 pm317 pts
Pablo Manríquez, reporting for Migrant Insider: 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. According to…

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