The technological advances Apple has made make it easy for anyone to access information anytime, anywhere. Yet Apple doesn’t want you to use an iOS app to educate yourself about when and where U.S. drone strikes happen.

A concerned citizen attempted to easily (and legally) disseminate information about these covert operations through creating an app that Apple users could download. However, Apple rejected the app twelve (yes, twelve) times on the grounds of it having “excessively objectionable or crude content.” What is so objectionable about data? More, importantly, what does Apple not want us to see?

Sign the petition and demand that Apple allow citizens to draw their own conclusions about U.S. air strikes. Stop censoring the iOS app that tracks them, now.

Five years ago, Josh Begley created the app, called Metadata with the intention that 

every time a U.S. drone strike was reported in the news, the user would receive a push notification. Metadata users would have the ability to see a date, possibly the name of a province, and sometimes even a body count.

Having access to reliable news about U.S. drone strikes is more important than ever under the current administration.  President Trump has made it clear that he plans to lift the Obama-era limitations on drone strikes even further. As citizens, we deserve to know information about these strikes, especially when lives are at stake. We must stay vigilant, and we can do it together.

Sign the petition to ask Apple to be transparent with its iOS app users. Don’t censor the app that tracks U.S. drone strikes.

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