A Democratic senator wants to prevent Customs and Border Patrol from collecting social media and mobile device passwords as a condition for travelers to enter the United States.
In a Feb. 20 letter to new Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) characterized recent reports of border officials’ pressuring travelers for access to their devices as “deeply troubling, particularly in light of [Kelly’s] recent comments suggesting that CBP might begin demanding social media passwords from visitors to the United States.”
