This week on the communicators, we want to explore what those changes may mean two different groups. Joining us here on our washington d. C. Site is Gregory Nojeim at the center for democracy and technology. What is the current law when it comes to Law Enforcement and emails and cell phones . Guest the short answer is that is confused and the longer answer is for email that is less than 180 days old Law Enforcement need to warrant for email more than 180 years old, it is just a subpoena, so theres no Judicial Intervention, no High Standard of proof. For documents you store in the clouds, if you store something with google docs and come back and edit it, that is available with a subpoena. Cell phones, there is no statutory provision about location information. So the courts have been in different places. Some say if it is realtime location, for that they need a warrant. Others say this gps location for that they need a warrant. There is not a clear rule yet for cell phone. Host what are
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Civil liberties advocates are warning that the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol could lead to new police and surveillance powers. If history is a guide, they say, those tools could be used against Blacks and other people of color in the justice system, not the white rioters who stormed Congress.
Albert Fox Cahn watched in horror last week as rioters beat and shoved their way into the U.S. Capitol. The civil rights lawyer said the images made him angry. You know, in that moment, I myself felt that same anger, that I want to catch these guys after seeing what they did to our Capitol, Cahn said. And that anger, that frustration, that desire for justice, can lead us to very dangerous places.