The ACLU and several other organizations have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to declare geofence warrants unconstitutional, arguing that the increasingly used investigative tool violates the Fourth Amendment and amounts to a sweeping digital dragnet.
The ACLU won a case against the Department of Homeland Security, prompting them to withdraw a subpoena for Google to provide personal information about a man who had criticized the government’s immigration enforcement actions, protecting his First Amendment rights.
A federal raid on Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home has raised concerns about press freedom and digital privacy, after court documents revealed investigators were authorized to attempt to unlock her phone using her face or fingerprints.