Mar 16, 2017

Shocking News | Evan at FFTF | CNBC/CNET | March 15, 2017 | Airport security officials have started asking people to hand over access to their social media accounts at routine border crossings | So next time you fly, you could be asked not just for your picture ID, but for your Facebook login and phone password | ... Homeland Security is lobbying Congress hard to make this practice the norm. They could easily use this as an excuse to target journalists, single out religious or political groups, or flag people for additional screening based on the people they follow or the pages they like... |


Homeland Security officials have started asking people to unlock their phones and computers and log into their social media accounts at routine border crossings, and Congress could make that practice permanent.

We need to stop this threat to our basic privacy rights before handing over all of your most personal information becomes as commonplace as removing your shoes to fly.

Let’s draw a line -- sign the urgent petition to stop Social Media Strip Searches! Here's the text: "Demanding warrantless access to our phones and computers at the border is an invasion of privacy and weakens our security. Ban this practice immediately."

Source: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-social-media-strip-searches/?link_id=0&can_id=7edcc706bd9f685233b1fe73f77a4fff&source=email-new-rules-at-the-airport-3&email_referrer=new-rules-at-the-airport-3&email_subject=new-rules-at-the-airport

CNBC: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/12/a-us-born-nasa-scientist-was-detained-at-the-border-until-he-unlocked-his-phone.html

CNET: https://www.cnet.com/news/us-border-agents-facebook-twitter-password/