ICE Tracking App Surges to #1 After Trump Admin Criticism

After the Trump administration threatened to prosecute CNN over their report on the ICEBlock app, the ICE-tracking app surged to #1.

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After the Trump administration threatened to prosecute CNN over their report on ICEBlock, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity-tracking app surged to #1 on Tuesday.

The ICEBlock app soared overnight, becoming the top downloaded app from the Apple app store on Tuesday morning, according to their Blue Sky profile.

The technology experts at The Verge noted that it was at the top spot on Tuesday and dropped down to the third spot Wednesday morning, and pointed out that a message “within ICEBlock says ‘it is not to be used for the purposes of inciting violence or interfering with law enforcement,’ according to CNN.”

That didn’t stop Noem from saying they are working with DOJ to see if they can prosecute CNN. Donald Trump added that he feels CNN should be prosecuted for what he called "false reports on the attack on Iran."