A US federal court finds suspicionless searches of phones at the border is illegal

A US federal court finds suspicionless searches of phones at the border is illegal


A federal court in Boston has ruled that the government is not allowed to search travelers’ phones and devices at the U.S. border without first having reasonable suspicion of a crime. That’s a significant victory for civil liberties advocates who have said that the government’s own rules that allow its border agents to search electronic […]


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November 13, 2019 at 06:00AM

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