A federal judge ruled in April 2026 that the Trump administration coerced Facebook and Apple into removing an ICE-tracking app and Facebook group, violating the First Amendment. The court found that both platforms had already approved the content in prior reviews but removed it immediately after Attorney General Pam Bondi and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem contacted them and publicly took credit for the removals. The judge granted a preliminary injunction to restore the suppressed speech, noting the government's actions constituted unconstitutional coercion rather than legitimate platform enforcement. This is a significant First Amendment ruling constraining government pressure on tech companies to censor political speech, though the article headlines the ruling with 'trackers' which is imprecise framing — the core issue is surveillance/ICE-reporting tools, not data trackers.