1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgBeatrice Santa Woodhttps://cpj.org/author/bsantawood/Warrantless searches of journalists at U.S. borders pose press freedom threat - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fpXFbGXgWN"><a href="https://cpj.org/2018/10/warrantless-searches-of-journalists-at-us-borders/">Warrantless searches of journalists at U.S. borders pose press freedom threat</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2018/10/warrantless-searches-of-journalists-at-us-borders/embed/#?secret=fpXFbGXgWN" width="600" height="338" title="“Warrantless searches of journalists at U.S. borders pose press freedom threat” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="fpXFbGXgWN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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New York, October 22, 2018--The Custom and Border Protection (CBP) agency's powers to carry out warrantless searches of electronic devices has serious press freedom implications, including weakening the ability of the media to protect source privacy, the Committee to Protect Journalists found in its report, "Nothing to declare: Why U.S. border agency's vast stop and…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260