House Republicans are putting more pressure on tech companies Apple and Google regarding mobile apps that let people follow the whereabouts of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, claiming that these tools could jeopardize officer safety and interfere with federal enforcement.
"The Committee is concerned that these apps not only jeopardize the safety of DHS personnel but also enable malicious actors to incite violence and obstruct lawful government operations," the lawmakers wrote in letters to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday. The firms are now being asked to brief the Committee by December 12 on the steps they plan to take.
The congressmen stated that their committees were looking into applications that let individuals report and share real-time information regarding Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operations in an anonymous manner. The letters explicitly mention the app ICEBlock, which senators claim a gunman used to follow ICE officials prior to a fatal shooting at a federal facility in Dallas in September.
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/US-lawmakers-scrutinize-apps-tracking-ICE-agents/65307421
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