ICEBlock, an iPhone app that enables customers to anonymously report sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers, has rocketed to one of many coveted prime spots in Apple’s U.S. app retailer rankings. The upshot: criticism from U.S. Legal professional Basic Pam Bondi helped get it there.
ICEBlock had about 20,000 customers, principally in Los Angeles, the place ICE raids have become commonplace over latest weeks, according to CNN. Following Bondi’s remarks late Monday, the app went viral in a single day. As of Tuesday afternoon, the app is now probably the most downloaded free iPhone apps in the USA.
ICEBlock permits customers to lawfully share details about the place they’ve seen ICE inside a five-mile radius of their location. The app additionally sends notifications when ICE brokers are sighted close by to the person’s location.
The app doesn’t acquire or retailer any person information, which TechCrunch confirmed by analyzing the app’s community visitors as a part of a check.