you people have been had... RTFA... a tourist "claims" this happened. The tourist name is Mads Mikkelsen??? The dude has the same name as the fucking actor??? Really??? Seriously people, learn when things smell of bullshit and when it doesn't.
Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
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Re: Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
#42Does even China does that? Go through pics on your personal device at the border? Refuse entry over memes.
Not when I went there. I needed a lot of paperwork for the visa at their embassy, and to surrender my passport for a few days, and a signed statement from my employer that I was not a journalist of any kind. I got in. I was sent to some form of secondary screening, but they apparently couldn't find anybody who could speak English, so they just let me in. Edit: I'm from a rich western country, in case it matters for a…
Did they check your social media accounts? Did these accounts contain any memes involving the current PRC administration?
Re: Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
#43Should I start putting my phone in checked baggage? Is that allowed with the batteries and stuff? I guess I can carry a cheap older smartphone with a burner number for the actual flight.
Before entering authoritarian countries, you should factory reset the phone, add a minimum contact list, and have a process for restoring what you need from the cloud. No need to store phone in luggage.
Also better to leave the laptop at home, if you don't want to wipe it.
Re: Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
#44This guy was certainly flagged before he got on the plane in Norway. The US has data sharing agreements with lots of countries. His online behaviour was already known. The Trump administration changed the filters for what they're looking for in people's profiles. This guy fit.
If you are going to upset the empire with your on and offline behaviour, you better practice solid information hygene.
Re: Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
#45To play devils advocate: I have a feeling the rules around what's allowed on social media according to these new rules are pretty vague and so whoever vetted this ended up being the judge in this case. I doubt jd vance made some memo about not allowing bald vance meme sharers from entering the country.
Re: Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
#46Mads Mikkelsen? I'm very skeptical that this is real, and kind of disappointed that HN is being so credulous.
Re: Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
#47A teacher in school told me about the time they visited East Germany. Armed guards poked though his luggage. It's a slippery slope toward fascism.
Armed guards in 1980's East Germany open your luggage and poke through it by hand.
TSA employees in 2000's USA scan your luggage and poke through it with technology. For any reason or no reason, they can open it up and poke through it by hand, or ask for assistance from nearby policemen with guns.
Is there any moral difference? If so, what is it?
(Also, nitpick: The East Germans were Communists, not fascists.)
Re: Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
#48Wonder what the "political correctness is bad" "nobody is allowed to crack jokes anymore" "cancel culture is out of control" crowd will say about this one...
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#49> "placed in a cell" I think the title is deficient and should be based on this higher-weighted fact, over the weaker phrasing "refused entry". "Tourist jailed without trial for possessing political cartoon"
>"Tourist jailed without trial for possessing political cartoon"
Jail almost by definition means pretrial detention, so "jailed without trial" is a tautology.
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