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Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme (www.dailystar.co.uk)

submitted 14 hours ago by XLE@piefed.social to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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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[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago

Stay out of that shithole. Nobody should be giving the US tourist dollars

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 40 points 14 hours ago

New profile pic

[–] TheAristocrat@lemmy.world 31 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

If you are doing any international travel, leave your personal phone at home and bring a burner.

[–] normis@lemm.ee 41 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I have traveled the world, I just returned from China. Nobody has ever asked for my phone. This is crazy and it's definitely not the norm and is not happening even in very strict regime countries. This is the new USA.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

have you tried being non-white /s

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 13 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

It's not the norm but it does happen quite a bit, especially in authoritarian countries at land borders where the officials are always looking for a way to justify their jobs. It happened to me last year and that was in China, although in that case leaving not entering.

PS: for info, that was in Xinjiang at possibly the highest security border in the world. I showed the official a bunch of my mundane tourist photos, which was enough to have me on my way. Not a pleasant experience though.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 12 points 10 hours ago

Or just not travel to the USA

[–] LePoisson@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

This themakes the USA look like we're a bunch of petty bitches. WTF is this bullshit, cowardly border agents. Seriously we're a kakistocracy with a bunch of elected officials and appointed officials that are thin skinned pussies.

[–] KarlHungus42@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Welcome to the new authoritarian America. Brought to you by craven politicians and a huge group of dipshits who consistently vote against their best interests because they only consume information straight from the sewer pipe that is fox news. Free speech is under threat more with each passing day, and once the Palantir database is complete, they are really going to go all out with their oppression.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

We're just another one of those feckless authoritarian countries with weird-ass laws about not mocking or criticizing the government now. It's pathetic.