Australian Government Considers Ban On Anonymous Social Media Accounts, Mandatory ID Proof to Use Facebook, Instagram
“The proposal will grant police access to Australians’ private social media and dating apps,” reports claim.
Airport security can take your phone or laptop, demand your passwords, and make a copy of the contents, says lawyer.
In an interview on the ABC’s Law Report, lawyer Zaahir Edries, revealed the Australian Border Force has the power to seize your mobile phone or laptop, search the contents, and even make copies of everything that’s on your smart devices. Mr Edries told host Damien Carrick, “What it means is that anything you have on your phone, as a passenger, is open to scrutiny or interrogation by ABF officers.” While Mr Edries admits empirical evidence indicating how often such searches take place is “not quite collated as well as civil liberties organisations might want,” from an anecdotal perspective, he believes…