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French Scientist Reportedly Denied U.S. Entry Due to Trump Criticism (newrepublic.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If that scientist did terrorism on his phone, half of America should probably get incarcerated. Land of the free, yeehaw!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That seems like the plan

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Welp, I’ll see you guys in jail.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

“hate and conspiracy messages,” prompting an FBI investigation, only for the charges to be dropped later. Another source said the scientist was banned due to messages “that can be described as terrorism.”

Mirror mirror on the plane, life is absurd and the holy profane!

Edit: Hyd Oz? Hope you are doing ok.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

This is a good reminder to review the EFF recommendations on traveling to the US, more than ever.

I'm not sure CBP has the authority to force a US citizen to unlock their phone/laptop for them without a warrant, but probably for non-citizens it's a grey area.