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A Split Decisions Leaves the Constitutionality of Telephone Metadata Collection an Unanswered Question

POSTED BY Emily O’Toole In 2013, the District Court of the United States issued two conflicting decisions about whether or not the bulk collection of U.S. citizens’ telephone metadata, in light of advances in technology, violates the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. The Fourth Amendment protects citizens “against unreasonable searches and seizures” of their persons,… Read More A Split Decisions Leaves the Constitutionality of Telephone Metadata Collection an Unanswered Question

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Tech Giant, Yahoo!, Learns How Weak the Fourth Amendment Has Become

POSTED BY Nico Pingaro In 2008, the United States government threatened Yahoo! Inc. with a $250,000 fine unless the tech giant complied with demands for access to multiple user accounts. Yahoo!, aware that this demand would violate countless users’ privacy rights sought to protect this information under the shield of the Fourth Amendment. Yahoo’s threat… Read More Tech Giant, Yahoo!, Learns How Weak the Fourth Amendment Has Become

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