Fourth Amendment

As the Reporters Committee has argued in the past, targeted, long-term surveillance threatens the First Amendment.

Attorney General Merrick Garland will confront cases involving WeChat and TikTok, as well as debates over Section 230.

Warrantless, long-term, targeted surveillance can chill newsgathering and impair the ability of reporters to guarantee source confidentiality.

A 2018 Supreme Court decision has not settled the law on the warrantless seizure and search of cell phone records.

  Today the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and a coalition of 19 other media organizations submitted a…