This week, Apple removed several apps from its App Store relating to ICE enforcement. Meta announced that it will target ads in the US based on AI chats. Finally, Discord had a data breach that affects 70,000 of its users.
Apple App Store and ICE Apps
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/apple-bends-to-trump-admin-demand-to-remove-ice-tracking-apps-like-iceblock/
- https://www.404media.co/apple-banned-an-app-that-simply-archived-videos-of-ice-abuses/
- https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/10/09/apple-killing-ice-watching-apps-is-the-right-business-decision-but-the-wrong-moral-one
Meta – Targeted Ads Using AI
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/meta-wont-allow-users-to-opt-out-of-targeted-ads-based-on-ai-chats/
- https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/01/tech/meta-ai-chatbot-targeted-ads
Discord Data Breach