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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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[-] [email protected] 41 points 2 days ago
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[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

Do they have the right to search your phone ?

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

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

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

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 day 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.

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[-] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Or just not travel to the USA

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

That's a paddlin'

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Magas hate freedom

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago
[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

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.

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