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not reading that. lemmy devs, please get on blocking "news" sources in the vein of sun, nypost, etc.
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
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.
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
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!
Somebody invite the Trisolarans
Waiting for season 2
Pfff we'll just sanction them into surrender. Works very well, right?
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.
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.
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.
I'm not sure about the US, probably, as others have said. Most countries it's less about a right and more about if you refuse, they'll just stick you in holding and deny you entry.
This not only has been going on awhile, it's worse than it sounds.
A French scientist was denied entry at the border earlier this year, in March, after officers unearthed messages criticising Trump on his phone.
Mikkelsen explained: "They threatened me with a minimum fine of $5,000 or five years in prison if I refused to provide the password to my phone."
shouldve wrote it in french, instead of english. also whats a scientist still doing in the USA, they are usually fleeing the us.
How do you put someone in prison who has not entered your country yet?
And I thought it was already ruled that they can't hold someone for that long just for not giving up a password at the border?
This can't be true because conservatives always cry about free speech.
If this is true then that means conservatives are massive hypocritical assholes.