US border agents can search any traveler's phone or laptop without a warrant; judges say it's like checking suitcases
- US border agents can manually search a traveler's phone without a warrant, a court upheld.
- (AI Photo)Border agents do not require a search warrant to stop a traveler and go through their electronic items like phones and laptops, an appeals court panel has now ruled.
- They said the First Amendment does not create a separate requirement that officers obtain a warrant before examining information on a person's phone.
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- US border agents can manually search a traveler's phone without a warrant, a court upheld.
- (AI Photo)Border agents do not require a search warrant to stop a traveler and go through their electronic items like phones and laptops, an appeals court panel has now ruled.
- They said the First Amendment does not create a separate requirement that officers obtain a warrant before examining information on a person's phone.
Sources: Times of India