CNN Says There's "Nothing Illegal" About Reporting On ICE Sighting App As Trump Administration Threatens Network With DO
Source: Deadline
CNN defended its report on a new app that tracks sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in users areas.
Trump administration officials have warned the network that it has sought Justice Department guidance to see if the network can be prosecuted over the report, which was published on Monday.
A CNN spokesperson said on Tuesday, This is an app that is publicly available to any iPhone user who wants to download it. There is nothing illegal about reporting the existence of this or any other app, nor does such reporting constitute promotion or other endorsement of the app by CNN.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told reporters on Tuesday that were working with the Department of Justice to see if we can prosecute [CNN] for that. What they are doing is actively encouraging people to avoid law enforcement activities and operations. We are actually going to go after them and prosecute them. She did not say which law she believed that CNN had violated.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/cnn-says-nothing-illegal-reporting-171840229.html
Maybe CNN can stop kissing Trump's giant tuckus then.

creon
(1,752 posts)CNN has the legal right to do ot
Marthe48
(21,301 posts)I'll get it it and tell everyone I know about it.
Conjuay
(2,585 posts)So ICE raids will soon start by blocking cell towers in the area they intend to target.
orangecrush
(25,765 posts)CloudWatcher
(2,056 posts)iPhone only. Free download. Here's the link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/iceblock/id6741939020
Renew Deal
(84,284 posts)Not bad
Of course, with a 5 mile radius, half of Manhattan would be alerted if it was used there.
TommyT139
(1,650 posts)Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)
lostincalifornia This message was self-deleted by its author.
Oeditpus Rex
(42,130 posts)about CNN's story?
lostincalifornia
(3,906 posts)I will delete the post because it wasn't what I meant.
Thanks.
moniss
(7,716 posts)aggiesal
(10,188 posts)PunkinPi
(5,129 posts)Also, the company said they aren't going to do an Android version supposedly because of anonymity issues (see Bluesky link below).
Sorry, there will not be an Android version because there is no way to provide 100% anonymity. Each person's device ID would have to be stored and that information becomes discoverable should the government issue a subpoena.
— ICEBlock Official (@iceblock.app) 2025-04-17T20:55:51.245Z
Only iOS made this possible and completely protects the users.
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)the MAGAots in our neighborhood.......sort of like "swatting".....LOL
Justice matters.
(8,655 posts)only by unfortunately (fortunately for us) following ICEholes's cars without knowing they are ICEholes's cars...
Like the Pinochet regime used to do in Chile... tens of thousands disappeared never to be seen again!
History repeats.
Imagine stupid gullible magats caught by their own fascist wishes... (and votes). It will happen to them too.
Oeditpus Rex
(42,130 posts)Last edited Wed Jul 2, 2025, 11:27 AM - Edit history (1)
...to avoid law enforcement activities and operations. We are actually going to go after them and prosecute them.
In a related story, Moen said she would also actually seek deportation for motorists who flash their high-beams at oncoming drivers as a signal of a speed trap ahead. "Auto manufacturers who put high-beam headlights on their cars are actively encouraging people to avoid law enforcement activities and operations, as are all media outlets that advertise these vehicles. Such advertising encourages people to buy and use them in this flouting-the-law manner.
ificandream
(11,254 posts)>Maybe CNN can stop kissing Trump's giant tuckus then.<
They haven't been. Just because an opinion piece bothers you doesn't mean CNN is doing anything wrong. And reporting on this app is what real news stations do.Start yelling about Fox, folks. They're the ugly evil in this country.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(126,214 posts)Difference is Fox does it all the time.
wolfie001
(5,740 posts)Good! Hope they don't sleep a wink for weeks. And maybe grow some spines.
OldBaldy1701E
(8,427 posts)
twodogsbarking
(14,499 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(166,564 posts)BREAKING: The creator of the ICEBlock app â which tracks ICE agents in real time â dares Donald Trump to arrest him.
— Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) 2025-07-05T19:08:19.289Z
âCome after me. Demonize me all you want. Iâm not backing down.â
Come after me. Demonize me all you want. Im not backing down.
🔥 The challenge has been thrown.
NOTHING will happen because no grand jury would ever indict him for using his first amendment rights.