Canadian sues U.S. Homeland Security, which allegedly sought his Google data after critical social media posts

It’s always projection - the admin screaming about free speech elsewhere just wants to distract from their own efforts to curtail it

DHS will argue: No full First Amendment rights abroad: John Doe is a Canadian resident/citizen outside the U.S. The government would cite cases saying foreign persons abroad generally lack U.S. constitutional rights. Administrative summons power is broad: they do not need probable cause for an administrative summons. Under Powell, agencies generally need only a legitimate purpose, relevance, information not already possessed, and procedural compliance. Not retaliation for speech, but an inquiry under customs/homeland-security authority, and that Google, not Doe, was the summons recipient. The big challenge for DHS is: summons reportedly relied on 19 U.S.C. § 1509, a customs-records statute, while Doe lives in Canada, has not entered the U.S. since 2015, and the demand sought broad Google identity, location, activity, etc… That makes the “legitimate purpose” and “relevance” defenses look weak.

Good. People need to push back legally when governments overreach.

If you cut out a man’s tongue, it is only because you fear what he has to say.

Canada should develop soverign search, citizens data should never be at will to the trump admin

As a Canadian and for the record ICE can go f*** themselves and I hope I get the opportunity to tell them in person sometime in the future.

So, because of critical social media posts, does US Homeland Security not only plan on searching the Google data of a large population of Canadians, but millions of Americans, too?

Friends don't let friends become fascists without speaking up. That's why Canadians are better allies than Israel. :)

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There’s things I wanna say but gotta protect my data.

I do wonder how many agents now act as Stasi-style minders.

>"An American tells a Russian that the United States is a truly free country because he can stand in front of the White House and shout, 'To hell with Ronald Reagan!' The Russian says that is nothing, because he can easily stand in Red Square and shout, 'To hell with Ronald Reagan,' too". Yakov Smirnoff

Man they really want us to start a revolution.

Reminder that google doesn't protect you or your data and you can do better.

F*** ICE. Trump is a pedophile. JD Vance is a b****.

United States of NK isn't just a joke at this point.

Cha Ching. Also in unrelated news homeland security is a bunch of soulless scum bucket ghouls. …..

The trump administration The DHS for America Infact America itself can all go f*** themselves.

I kinda read through the article, but couldn't find anything about what this person posted online (they shouldn't have been trying to get his data regardless).

So...our laws regarding protection of privacy and such don't apply outside our borders, but "you said mean things and hurt my feelings" does? Wild

How do they look at people’s social media posts when they’re trying to enter the country? There’s no way that can be a quick process.

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