Lawsuit against DHS seeks information on searches of travelers’ electronic devices without a warrant

Reports of device searches at the border suggests government is expanding an unconstitutional program

The Trump administration's proposed vetting of social-media accounts at the border threatens First Amendment values and the very idea of open society

Amicus brief describes how warrantless access to location data threatens freedoms of speech and assocation

Laptop and phone searches may be infringing on the freedoms of speech and press more than we realize. 

Lawsuit seeks documents relating to government's claim it can exclude or remove non-citizens based on speech, beliefs, and associations

Modern surveillance threatens not only individual privacy but also the freedom to dissent. We shouldn't expect the Fourth Amendment to adequately protect First Amendment interests

Alex Abdo joins a debate on Carpenter v. United States, the Supreme Court case on whether government can access location records without a warrant

Carpenter v. United States could have drastic implications for First Amendment freedoms in the digital age

Knight Institute, Freedom of the Press Foundation file lawsuit amid surge in leak investigations

Responding to Knight Institute FOIA, government releases 92-page spreadsheet containing 240 complaints about electronic device searches at border

Traveler complaints reveal a range of discriminatory, demeaning, and gratuitously intrusive searches

New directive on border searches of phones fails to resolve constitutional problems and raises new concerns

Newly produced travelers' complaints underscore the intrusiveness of electronic device searches

Urge court to deny government's request to dismiss legal challenge

In "The Weekly Appellate Report" podcast, Alex Abdo argues that Supreme Court should adopt a First Amendment framework in surveillance cases like Carpenter v. U.S.

By turning away foreign activists, American authorities are masquerading censorship as immigration enforcement

Landmark ruling in Carpenter v. United States holds government can't acquire sensitive cellphone location data without a warrant

New DOJ disclosure on surveillance of the press provides little assurance on journalists' ability to protect confidential sources

Records suggest U.S. government is using FISA court orders to monitor journalists

Unless agents are required to get a warrant, the ‘border exception’ will be a window into the private lives of Americans and a means of stifling dissent

Farias will undertake a major investigative project focused on freedom of expression and the U.S. border

Underscores chilling effect of invasive border searches on intellectual freedom