The First Amendment protects the public's right to document and share information about law enforcement performing their duties in public. It also protects developers who curate that information online. These rights are more important now than ever.

ICEBlock is a popular iPhone app that allows the public to report immigration activity in their communities. In June 2025, high-ranking federal officials began threatening to investigate and prosecute the person who created ICEBlock, Joshua Aaron. In October 2025, the U.S. Attorney General demanded Apple remove ICEBlock from the App Store, and the company complied. The government's prosecution threats against Aaron and coercion of Apple violate the Constitution. 

Aaron and his company, ALL U CHART, INC., have sued these federal officials under the First Amendment for retaliating against him and for coercing Apple into suppressing the speech of more than a million ICEBlock users. The lawsuit names the U.S. Attorney General, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the White House Border Czar. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia.

Along with the law firm Sher Tremonte, EFF is helping represent Aaron and his company in their First Amendment lawsuit.