Dramatic Increase in US Border Searches of Electronic Devices
A surge in electronic device data searches at US border crossings brought about a lawsuit by a group of First Amendment attorneys against the US federal government.
The Knight First Amendment Institute (KFAI) at Columbia University filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), seeking “statistical, policy, and assessment records regarding the government’s searches” involving electronic devices, according to rt.com.
The suit seeks a DHS database of border device searches, rules on searching journalists & civil rights audits. The group states that they filed a FOIA request on March 15. When the request was ignored, they filed suit in US District Court for the District of Columbia to access the information.
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