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Why is Waze allowed since it let's you report speed traps?

Probably because it doesn't technically advertise it as such, just "hey something requiring police presence is around".

ICEBlock should rebrand as a generic "police activity" app and have a category "other" that everyone understands is ICE but isn't labelled as such.

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> Why is Waze allowed since it let's you report speed traps?

Nominally the purpose of speed enforcement is to reduce vehicle speeds, which Waze notifications achieve.

Waze - at least in my country - did remove COVID checkpoints during lockdowns, so they don't allow all reports.

What is that?

The exact verbiage is this: "Apps may only display DUI checkpoints that are published by law enforcement agencies, and should never encourage drunk driving or other reckless behavior such as excessive speed."

>Why is Waze allowed since it let's you report speed traps?

Because the right to share police locations is protected by the 1st amendment

1st amendment is irrelevant here: Apple doesn't have to abide by it at all, as Apple is not the government.

While I am all for ICEBlock, I am not sure about this one. Is doxxing protected by the first amendment?

Did ICEBlock reveal names of agents that is not publicly available? Location of law enforcement is not doxxing.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/119

oh, right.

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