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Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
(www.dailystar.co.uk)
Just get a burner to travel. Quit bringing your phones here.
this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2025
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not reading that. lemmy devs, please get on blocking "news" sources in the vein of sun, nypost, etc.
edit: I don't mean the mods should ban domains. I want the option to not show submissions from certain domains, like the ones I mentioned, as there's zero chance I'd ever read anything from them. a buncha reddit (and lemmy) clients have that option.
You mean implementing a functionality with which users can block posts from certain URLs to show up on their feeds?
boost for reddit (and lemmy) has the option to ignore posts from certain domains. since I have no intention ever reading anything from the domains I mentioned, I'd appreciate it in the web version.
That's not something the admins can do. Ask the devs for that.
That's why their comment above says "devs", not "admins" lol
Must have been edited. It did say admins before.
doesn't look like it, there's no ninja edits on lemmy afaik
Or educate yourself and learn to filter based on the source of the data. Doesn't mean the reporting is not factual but it may be embellished to serve a narrative.
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
Keep in mind that TSA searching peoples' phones was already policy under the last few administrations. Which is part of why I wasnt interested in traveling there even before the lunatic.
That should be against privacy laws in some countries and considering you can sue people from outside the US into the US court because of US rules it would make sense to have it the same with that human rights form one country exist in other countries. Sadly the world isn't built ontop of logic.
that's crazy honestly
I thought this was the onion but its real... :)
It seems the mentality of the United States rulership have shifted back to the dark ages.
I wonder if accusing people of being witches is next.
"Land of the free"
I wonder if accusing people of being witches is next.
wouldn't be surprised
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.
Lets teach that uneducated moron Vance the Streisand effect.
JD Vance meme
No, that’s just how he looks.
That's when he consumed a couch
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.
And this is just for insulting the king's jester.
I've been in Britain before, they didn't check my phone
And even if, a meme about someone in the UK government would also not get you denied entry.
States are states are states are states. They just fucking do that.
The United States is such a shithole country lol
No one should travel there.
Um excuse me, who else can defend peace and freedom and democracy? They make all the best weapons!
China makes some pretty good rail guns, im told.
All my plans involving the US have been canceled for the foreseeable future. Fuck that place and Russia too.
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.
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.
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
That's a paddlin'
US is China now.
what are we, a bunch of asians?
I have never had my phone searched for memes (or at all, for that matter) when entering China.
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But, but Elon told me comedy was legal now!
Only if you're punching down, obviously
Do they have the right to search your phone ?
Yes, of course they have. Without you being present, even.
If it can be unlocked through biometrics yes, according to SCOTUS
ALWAYS use a passcode, you cannot be compelled to divulge those
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.
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