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A 21-year-old tourist has described the horrendous treatment he allegedly received after being denied entry to the USA due to a meme depicting JD Vance as bald being found on his phone

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[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 hour ago

Lets teach that uneducated moron Vance the Streisand effect.

[–] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 30 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

imagine going on holiday in a country where they check your phone for memes

seeing the grand canyon seems cool but it can wait until that lunatic and his friends are gone

[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 6 points 1 hour ago

Absolutely!

I have family in the US. Uncles and aunts and cousins. One of my cousins have a child who I've never met. I would love to meet them all.

But there is no way I'm going to the states in the current condition. And even if the administration would be replaced, I think it would take years for the states to recover to the point where I would visit.

[–] BurningRiver@beehaw.org 7 points 1 hour ago

JD Vance meme

No, that’s just how he looks.

[–] StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

See - this is the thing with people going on about how its so oppressive in countries outside of "The West" where they will arrest people for insulting their king on Facebook or some shit.

We are no better. I'm not American but Britain does the same kind of shit. Read some declassified police case files, the cops pick on weird shit on people's phones.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 24 minutes ago

States are states are states are states. They just fucking do that.

[–] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 hours ago

I've been in Britain before, they didn't check my phone

[–] No_Bark@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

The United States is such a shithole country lol

No one should travel there.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Um excuse me, who else can defend peace and freedom and democracy? They make all the best weapons!

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Somebody invite the Trisolarans

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Waiting for season 2

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

Pfff we'll just sanction them into surrender. Works very well, right?

China makes some pretty good rail guns, im told.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago

All my plans involving the US have been canceled for the foreseeable future. Fuck that place and Russia too.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago

That's a paddlin'

[–] teft@lemmy.world 27 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

Same thing i asked the other guy who posted this.

Do you have a source that isn’t a tabloid? The only other sources i found were other tabloids.

I’m sure horrible shit is happening but tabloids aren't news. They are meant to get an emotional reaction via mistruths and exaggeration. And you having a one day old account makes this even more suspect.

[–] Yaysuz@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago

It was reported first by Nordlys, a local newspaper based in Tromsø, and then picked up by ofher Norwegian media. The story is most likely true.

https://www.nordlys.no/mads-sin-drommereise-til-usa-spolert-pa-grunn-av-satirebilde-pa-mobilen/s/5-34-2171723

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Well the CPB claims it was for drug use, but I don't trust them

Though it DOES indicate that there is more to the story than just tabloid bait

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

But, but Elon told me comedy was legal now!

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 points 12 minutes ago

Only if you're punching down, obviously

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 53 points 10 hours ago (20 children)
[–] mofreak@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 hours ago

what are we, a bunch of asians?

[–] TrippaSnippa@aussie.zone 20 points 9 hours ago

I have never had my phone searched for memes (or at all, for that matter) when entering China.

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[–] hector@sh.itjust.works 22 points 9 hours ago (6 children)

Do they have the right to search your phone ?

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Yes, of course they have. Without you being present, even.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

If it can be unlocked through biometrics yes, according to SCOTUS

ALWAYS use a passcode, you cannot be compelled to divulge those

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 hours ago

you cannot be compelled to divulge those

They can deny entry.

Even for US citizens, they could still detain you for 48 hours, seize all belongings, and put you on a no-fly list.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

They always had. The US border has this special exemption to the constitution that some of the normal protections don't apply.

If you are a citizen, they (legally speaking) can't deny you entry, but can jail (detain) you for 48 hours and seize all your belongings, and put your on a no-fly list if they wanted to.

If you are not a citizen, they could deny you entry on top of all that.

This was always the case in previous administrations, its just that in previous administration, they weren't this insane.

[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

They can search your asshole, nevermind your phone.

[–] Woht24@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

I'm not sure about the US, probably, as others have said. Most countries it's less about a right and more about if you refuse, they'll just stick you in holding and deny you entry.

[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 49 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Please be satire, please be satire...

reads

...Oh, fuck.

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[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 207 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Our leaders are NOT Snowflakes or Emotional!

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 146 points 13 hours ago (13 children)

This not only has been going on awhile, it's worse than it sounds.

A French scientist was denied entry at the border earlier this year, in March, after officers unearthed messages criticising Trump on his phone.

Mikkelsen explained: "They threatened me with a minimum fine of $5,000 or five years in prison if I refused to provide the password to my phone."

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 0 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

shouldve wrote it in french, instead of english. also whats a scientist still doing in the USA, they are usually fleeing the us.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

How do you put someone in prison who has not entered your country yet?

And I thought it was already ruled that they can't hold someone for that long just for not giving up a password at the border?

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 102 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

This can't be true because conservatives always cry about free speech.

If this is true then that means conservatives are massive hypocritical assholes.

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 33 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Mads Mikkelsen

Magas hate freedom

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