More electronic devices are being searched at the United States border than ever before, according to recent data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Article content

Between April and June this year, searches were conducted on 14,899 devices — including phones, computers and cameras. That number has increased since the same time period last year, when 12,090 devices were inspected. According to CBP, last year’s searches affected less than 0.01 per cent of the more than 420 million international travellers who arrived. Article content

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The recent numbers have jumped since 2018, which is far back as the available data from the CBP goes online. During the same time that year, around 8,000 devices were searched.

The total number of searche

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