Apple Removes ICE Monitoring App, Classifying Immigration Agents as Protected Class
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7mo ago· 7 min readenOpinion
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Apple removed the DeICER app from its App Store, which allowed users to report ICE enforcement activity sightings, by classifying ICE agents as a "protected class" under its hate speech guidelines. The article criticizes Apple's content moderation decision as absurd and Orwellian, arguing that treating federal immigration enforcement agents as equivalent to marginalized communities represents a concerning expansion of corporate speech policies.
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· 3 pulledApple has removed the DeICER app—which allowed users to log sightings of ICE enforcement activity—by invoking guidelines normally reserved for protecting marginalized communities from hate speech.
Apple justified this by treating federal immigration agents as a protected class equivalent to gr
Just when you think corporate content moderation can't get any more absurd, Apple has managed to redefine 'protected class' in a way that would make Orwell proud.
Just when you think corporate content moderation can’t get any more absurd, Apple has managed to redefine “protected class” in a way that would make Orwell proud. According to int…
