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DHS, Meta, and AI: Three cases at the tech-legal frontier

DHS invokes 1930s customs law to access Canadian’s Google data

The Department of Homeland Security demanded data from Google about a Canadian national who had not entered the United States in years, relying on a 1930 customs statute. The legal maneuver highlights a growing tensio…

The agency’s use of this law raises questions about its applicability to digital data. The Fourth Amendment typically protects Americans from unreasonable searches, but courts have inconsistently applied it to foreign…

New Mexico sues Meta for $3.7 billion to reform social media

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