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Round Up of EFF’s Advocacy Against Border Device Searches EFF has been working on multiple fronts to end a widespread violation of digital liberty—warrantless searches of travelers’ electronic devices at the border. Government policies allow border agents to search and confiscate our cell phones, tablets, and laptops at airports and border crossings for no reason, without explanation or any suspicion of wrongdoing. It’s as if our First and Fourth Amendment rights don’t exist at the border. This is wrong, which is why we’re working to challenge and hopefully end these unconstitutional practices. EFF and the ACLU filed a brief today in our Alasaad v. Nielsen lawsuit to oppose the government’s attempt to dismiss our case. Our lawsuit, filed in September 2017 on behalf of 11 Americans whose devices were searched, takes direct aim at the illegal policies enforced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its component agencies, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. ...

EFF and ACLU Ask Court to Allow Legal Challenge To Proceed Against Warrantless Searches of Travelers’ Smartphones, Laptops Eleven Travelers in Groundbreaking Case Face Substantial Risk of Future Unconstitutional Searches Boston, Massachusetts—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) urged a federal judge today to reject the Department of Homeland Security’s attempt to dismiss an important lawsuit challenging DHS’s policy of searching and confiscating, without suspicion or warrant, travelers’ electronic devices at U.S. borders. EFF and ACLU represent 11 travelers—10 U.S. citizens and one lawful permanent resident—whose smartphones and laptops were searched without warrants at the U.S. border in a groundbreaking lawsuit filed in September. The case, Alasaad v. Nielsen , asks the court to rule that the government must have a warrant based on probable cause before conducting searches of electronic devices, which contain highly detail...

Duterte Administration Moves to Kill Free Speech in the Philippines In a country where press freedom is already under grave threat, the revocation of an independent publication’s license to operate and a proposed amendment to the Bill of Rights are pushing journalists further into the margins. While the Constitution of the Philippines guarantees press freedom and the country’s media landscape is quite diverse, journalists nevertheless face an array of threats . Libel threats and advertising boycotts are common, and the country ranks fifth in the world in terms of impunity for killing journalists. And since the election of President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016, press freedom in the Philippines has taken a further blow . Like President Trump, Duterte enjoys going after individual media outlets that criticize his policies, creating an increasingly chilled atmosphere for the country’s independent journalists and free speech. In an unprecedented move, the Duterte administration’s Se...

Written by Guest Blogger, Allen Lee “What motivates you to work for this company?” I am frequently asked this question by new graduates at career fairs , and I think that it is a good topic to write about. As a millennial who has worked at Schneider Electric for 6 years, I’ll summarize my observations with 3 strategic reasons. 1. Winning Investment Strategy First, let’s compare career decisions with investment decisions. In both cases, we invest our capital, be that our time or money, with the goal of a positive return over time, whether career growth or financial gain. So… what is the winning investment strategy when choosing a company to work for? Would you invest your time in the same company you’d invest your money? For young professionals seeking upward mobility, it makes sense to join a company that generates sustainable growth. This allows an employee to focus on delivering performance without worrying about the company’s future. A company with a winning investment strategy...