Yet another reason to not travel there... :/
US could ask foreign tourists for five-year social media history before entry
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You seem to be one of those silly people who conflate antisemitism with disliking how the state of Israel behaves under the leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu. These are not equivalent concepts.
Can't disagree, but zionism likes to conflate them, and US policy goes in that general direction.
P.S. Hi to the border guard reading this!
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#153Earlier quoted context omitted.
You are allowed to say it. Unlike UK, you won’t be arrested. But you won’t be allowed in. Besides, why would you want to come if you don’t like it here?
"Freedom of speech" i can really feel how free it is over there. Freedom to not let people in with other opinions, and freedom to force your opinion onto other countries. Really great.
> Freedom to not let people in with other opinions
Yeah, that's more or less what it means to have a border.
> and freedom to force your opinion onto other countries. Really great.
They are free to reject it, as we have theirs. You should be happy USAID was shut down.
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#154The worldcup next year is going to be interesting.
All is ok now that Trump received the FIFA Peace Prize trophy and wearable medallion.
FIFA's comical attempt to bribe him with a bauble might be a lot about them trying to persuade him not to do this, among other things that will mean nobody will want to attend games.
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#155Earlier quoted context omitted.
- Jon Richelieu-Booth for posting a picture of himself with a gun in the US - Jordan Parlour for Facebook posts that were deemed ‘hateful.’ - Bernadette Spofforth for a post with a “mild inaccuracy” - Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine, after raising concerns in a private parents’ WhatsApp group about the hiring process of their daughter’s school - Lucy Connolly, for a post calling for mass deportation and to set fire t…
Don't you think people should have consequences for the hate speech?
When "hate speech" is defined as "all speech the government does not approve of", no.
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#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have in-laws who do that regularly. I'm aware there are plenty of complications with that. I still stand by what I wrote.
> there are plenty of complications with that What are some of the complications?
Do you have an actual point that doesn't involve me divulging private information of people who are not part of this conversation? My identity is on my profile; identifying the people in question would be rather easy.
If what you're suggesting is that the US is not being more draconian than most, you're free to make an actual claim about how.
I'll note that this article is about people eligible for the visa waiver program, which does not include any African countries - travelling to the US from African countries is also far more draconian than what is outlined in the article, so it's unclear why you think the comparison is relevant.
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#157What of those who have virtually no footprint? Almost the only thing I have is LinkedIn, which is always only as up to date as the last time I changed jobs, which I don't do often. No Facebook, insta, snap, twitter, tiktok. I subscribe to maybe five channels on YouTube. My HN account isn't linked to my main 'identity' email address so I could hide it just by having a clean phone (which I do for international travel a…
> What of those who have virtually no footprint?
Those people wouldn't want to travel to a police state anyway.
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#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would tourists want to come to a place they dislike? I don’t go to UK anymore for example.
>Why would tourists want to come to a place they dislike? Visit family. That's not mentioning you can dislike the current administration without disliking other aspects of the US. The US is big and diverse.
I stopped going to the US over 20 years ago. The only US family I've seen since then came to visit me.
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#159Re: US could ask foreign tourists for five-year social media history before entry
#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
> there are plenty of complications with that What are some of the complications?
Do you have an actual point that doesn't involve me divulging private information of people who are not part of this conversation? My identity is on my profile; identifying the people in question would be rather easy. If what you're suggesting is that the US is not being more draconian than most, you're free to make an actual claim about how. I'll note that this article is about people eligible for the visa waiver pr…
For one: the US is way more permissive than the EU when it comes to visa duration.
Common to get a 10 year US visa. Schengen visa? For the duration of your visit (for which you have to have bought plane tickets and accommodation before showing up for a visa appointment). The EU also charges pretty hefty fees for a Schengen visa, which I view as a racket and/or xenophobia.
Don’t even get me started on the requirement to hand over your passport at hotels in Europe!
My point is that characterizing the US as “more draconian than most” is quite far from reality, which is a lot more nuanced.