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Are you going to the USA? Just make sure you've not said anything nasty about Trump or your phone might get searched and you won't be allowed in

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cakeorwine · 19/03/2025 22:42

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-french-scientist-detained

I wonder what he said in his private messages that were looked at when US Border Agents looked at his phone.

“I learned with concern that a French researcher” on assignment for the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) “who was traveling to a conference near Houston was denied entry to the United States before being expelled”, Philippe Baptiste, France’s minister of higher education and research, said in a statement on Monday to Agence France-Presse published by Le Monde. “This measure was apparently taken by the American authorities because the researcher’s phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration’s research policy,” the minister added.

"Another AFP source said that US authorities accused the French researcher of “hateful and conspiratorial messages”. He was reportedly also informed of an FBI investigation, but told that “charges were dropped” before being expelled."

Clearly some people might need a burner phone. And be careful of your social media use.

French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found

France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-french-scientist-detained

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suburberphobe · 22/03/2025 19:49

He won't last long anyway.

DdraigGoch · 22/03/2025 20:17

Boomer55 · 22/03/2025 17:15

Quite. My son emigrated out there 15 years ago when he married an American woman.

He's kept his British nationality, and lives, works and pays taxes out there.

Hes no Trump supporter, but reassuringly, he's never been detained or arrested. 🙄

How many times has he entered the country in the time since the current regime took power?

cakeorwine · 22/03/2025 20:28

Boomer55 · 22/03/2025 17:15

Quite. My son emigrated out there 15 years ago when he married an American woman.

He's kept his British nationality, and lives, works and pays taxes out there.

Hes no Trump supporter, but reassuringly, he's never been detained or arrested. 🙄

Some food for thought

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/22/us/green-card-visa-holders-deportation-fears-cec/index.html

Marina Sinden, a green card holder in Washington state who’s married to a US citizen, is looking forward to visiting her family in Canada for Easter. But the 37-year-old tattoo artist says she’s not looking forward to what she fears might happen when she tries to return to her US home afterward.
“I’m really concerned about making the crossing back into the United States. … I have an entire world here to lose if I’m not allowed to re-enter,” Sinden says.

‘They’ve never been afraid before’: Why some green card holders’ concerns are growing | CNN

Some immigrants with green cards — documents deeming them lawful permanent residents of the United States — tell CNN they’re still scared the Trump administration could kick them out of the country.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/22/us/green-card-visa-holders-deportation-fears-cec/index.html

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DdraigGoch · 22/03/2025 20:32

Not related to social media posts but another case of someone being detained in awful conditions. Dormitories of 110.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd3prze9yjo

TooBigForMyBoots · 22/03/2025 20:52

comradepumpkin · 22/03/2025 13:25

Many people are worried about the inconsistency of justice in the UK. Why are some people jailed for what they say and others not?;

freespeechunion.org/no-charges-for-east-london-imams-destroy-jewish-homes-sermon/

If you go around locking up preachers who ask God to smite folks, the jails would full to capacity after the weekend.😆

Inciting humans to commit violence is very different. It's punishable by law.

Petuniaspetal · 23/03/2025 07:55

https://youtube.com/shorts/LBY6aZhX9KA?si=E5SlEEvOcYM5779c

American is taking this all very seriously.

DuncinToffee · 26/03/2025 10:27

https://www.newsweek.com/netherlands-issues-us-travel-warning-belgium-set-follow-2050630

Netherlands Issues US Travel Warning, Belgium Set to Follow

karenesoum · 24/04/2025 03:08

AlisonDonut · 20/03/2025 21:03

How does sending people who have messages on their phones that meet the criteria of terrorism back out of the country make it less 'safe'?

If counties let terrorists in, it would less safe, surely?

How does criticising Trumps research policy count as terrorism?

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