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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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[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 19 hours ago

Magas hate freedom

[–] TheAristocrat@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day 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 23 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.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 19 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.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

have you tried being non-white /s

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 12 points 21 hours ago

Or just not travel to the USA

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

[–] KarlHungus42@lemmy.world 14 points 23 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 15 points 22 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.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 20 hours ago

The Unholy Trinity

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Up next pictures of couches

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

JD considers those pornography

[–] LePoisson@lemmy.world 4 points 19 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.

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

US department of anti-tourism working hard lol

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

It's for the best, really.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago

While you are all memeing fascism advances, great job all

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