At U$.$S$.$ Custom's and Border Protection $($CBP$),$ certain employees monitor social media posts to provide situational awareness and to keep track of potential threats or dangers to CBP personnel and facility operators. CBP employees who perform the monitoring receive training to distinguish between First Amendment protected activities and credible threats. For example, a threat to harm a CBP employee, without additional information, might be considered First Amendment protected speech. The threat would be considered credible only if it was accompanied by additional information that indicated the threat was actionable and plausle.

From the information given above, it can be validly concluded that, at CBP$,$