谷歌还将下架用于报告移民及海关执法局探员行踪的应用。
内容总结：
继苹果公司下架用于追踪美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）人员行踪的应用程序ICEBlock后，谷歌也宣布从官方应用商店中移除同类软件。据科技媒体404 Media报道，名为“红点”（Red Dot）的定位应用已同时从苹果App Store和谷歌Play Store下架。
谷歌在回应媒体问询时表示，虽然ICEBlock从未登陆其应用商店，但公司已依据平台政策移除了类似应用。此举源于近期达拉斯ICE设施发生的枪击事件，该事件造成两名被拘留者受伤、一人死亡。联邦调查局透露，枪手在行动前曾使用此类定位程序追踪执法人员轨迹。
谷歌强调，下架决定基于两方面考量：一是这类应用可能暴露特定弱势群体的实时位置，二是其用户内容审核机制未能符合平台规范。根据谷歌政策，所有含用户生成内容的应用程序必须明确定义违规内容标准，且与平台管理准则保持一致。
值得注意的是，“红点”应用开发者曾声明该程序仅聚合来自可信渠道的已验证报告，且不会对任何个体进行行踪追踪，但最终未能通过平台审核。目前美国司法部长已公开指出，此类应用将使执法人员面临人身安全威胁，苹果公司随后应其要求移除了相关应用。
与苹果不同，谷歌表示未收到官方下架要求，此次系主动采取监管措施。此次事件引发行业思考：开发者如何在遵守平台规则的前提下，避免同类应用再遭下架命运。
中文翻译：
谷歌已开始从应用商店下架用于举报移民及海关执法局（ICE）工作人员行踪的应用程序。此前，苹果公司应美国司法部长帕姆·邦迪的要求，将同类应用ICEBlock从App Store中移除。
据404媒体报道，谷歌发言人在向Engadget提供的声明中表示："ICEBlock从未在Google Play上架，但我们已因违反政策移除了类似应用。"谷歌解释下架决定源于一起涉及敏感群体的暴力事件——9月24日达拉斯ICE设施枪击案造成两名被拘留者伤亡，FBI调查发现枪手作案前持续使用该类定位应用。
被下架应用Red Dot的设计方强调，该程序"汇总来自多个可信渠道的核验报告"，并声明"从不追踪ICE人员或执法者行动轨迹，坚决反对任何形式的骚扰或伤害行为"。但谷歌指出，这些应用未能按政策要求对用户生成内容进行有效审核，且其服务条款中关于违规内容的界定与谷歌应用商店的标准存在出入。
苹果公司在回应福克斯商业频道时称："根据执法部门提供的ICEBlock相关安全风险信息，我们已将其及类似应用从App Store移除。"邦迪检察长此前谴责该应用"使尽职的ICE工作人员面临安全威胁，触及了不可容忍的暴力执法红线"。
值得注意的是，谷歌表示未收到官方下架要求，此次行动属平台主动作为。当前核心问题在于：开发者能否找到既符合平台规范又避免再次被下架的解决方案。
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Google is also removing apps used to report sightings of ICE agents
Red Dot, an app used to anonymously report ICE activity, was recently pulled from both the Play Store and the App Store.
Following Apple's removal of ICEBlock from the App Store, an app used to report on the activity of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, 404 Media reports that Google is also removing similar apps from the Play Store. In a statement to Engadget, Google said "ICEBlock was never available on Google Play, but we removed similar apps for violations of our policies."
Google says that it decided to remove apps that shared the location of a vulnerable group following a violent act that involved the group and a similar collection of apps. It suggests the apps were also removed because they didn't appropriately moderate user-generated content. To be offered in the Play Store, apps with user-generated content have to clearly define what is or isn't objectionable content in their terms of service, and make sure those terms line up with Google's definitions of inappropriate content for Google Play.
404 Media report specifically focuses on Red Dot, an app that both Google and Apple removed. Like ICEBlock, Red Dot designed to let users report on ICE activity in their neighborhood. Rather than just rely on user submissions, the app's website says that it "aggregates verified reports from multiple trusted sources" and then combines those sources to determine where to mark activity on a map of your area. "Red Dot never tracks ICE agents, law enforcement, or any person's movements" and the app's developers "categorically reject harassment, interference, or harm toward ICE agents or anyone else." Despite those claims, the app is not currently available to download from the Play Store or the App Store.
The pushback against ICE tracking apps seemed to begin in earnest following a shooting at a Dallas ICE facility that injured two detainees and killed another on September 24. According to an FBI agent that spoke to The New York Times, the shooter "had been following apps that track the location of ICE agents" in the days leading up to the event.
Apple pulled the ICEBlock app from the App Store yesterday following a request from US Attorney General Pam Bondi. In a statement shared with Fox Business, Bondi said that "ICEBlock is designed to put ICE agents at risk just for doing their jobs, and violence against law enforcement is an intolerable red line that cannot be crossed." Apple's response was to remove the app. "Based on information we’ve received from law enforcement about the safety risks associated with ICEBlock, we have removed it and similar apps from the App Store," Apple told the publication.
Google says it didn't receive a similar request to remove apps from the Play Store. Instead, the company appears to be acting proactively. The test for either platform going forward, though, is if there's a way that developers can offer these apps without them being removed again.