French researcher denied entry to US for ‘expressing personal opinion’ on Trump policies

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/03/20/french-researcher-denied-entry-to-us-for-expressing-personal-opinion-on-trump-policies_6739346_4.html

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  2. Well there you have it, Dictator Trump is here.
    French researchers, please research only for France and the EU.

  3. Where is JD “freedom of speech like us!” Vance now

  5. TIL: US border officers now scrolling through your phone, laptop to read and judge your files and social media posts.

  6. Meanwhile, if a foreigner arrived in France and criticized Macron, we’d think he belonged with us.

    And meanwhile, Fox News wants people to believe that the whole world would like to be annexed by the US.

    RIP America.

  8. Well, to be honest, if at this point in time you still intend to travel to the US, you haven’t been paying attention… but truly, the US really lost the script…

  9. Well, I guess I will never ever be let into the US then.
    Not that I intend to travel there anyways.

  10. I have only traveled by plane once, and that was to another EU country. Is it normal for developed countries to search through your chats and files and such?

  11. The part that disturbs me most beyond the search of his devices was that all of his professional and personal items were confiscated before he was deported.

    If I ever attend a conference in the US again, I’m bringing a burner phone and laptop.

  12. Remember when Americans thought they were the only free country in the world? Pepperidge farms remembers.

  14. I am pretty sure half of Reddit is on a terrorist watch-list right now. Can’t have them say bad things about Dictator Donald.

  15. America fast heading into the dark ages. It will be too late when the penny suddenly drops.

  16. I guess no one will be going to the States for a while.

  18. I read articles and heard news like this before.. except it was North Korea. Always good to see that Trump has some role models in his life.
    Goodbye democracy!
    Next news : Kim Jung Un welcomed with red carpet in the States and appointed as the example of the “free world “.

  19. The researcher got lucky if you ask me. It could have been a lot worse. They could have let them in.

  20. Shit is getting increasingly unreal by the minute these days… Not much freedom left and just a matter of time before one of two things happens: Civil war or Gilead.

  22. This is what free speech looks like…in tin pot dictatorships.

  23. I am interested in Trumps claims when the tourist-numbers break down and the tourist industry gets trouble.

  25. It is good to know that the entirety of US interest boils down to one small persons ego and opinion.

    Good job America. None of this is work for the interest- big or small- of your people or corporations

  27. There’s a dotted line from this to punishing citizens for derogatory comments

  30. If I am traveling abroad. My phone will get wiped before I even enter US soil.

  33. So, I have a work trip coming up to the states. Would it be wise then for me to do something like delete my reddit account, maybe start fresh with a new username? I’m only going because it’s an “optional” (read, mandatory for career development) trip, not going for personal reasons or spending a nickel of my own money.

  37. Why would they host this convention in such a hostile country

  38. Where are all the 1a enjoyers now? Real silent lately. Is it a thought crime to dislike trump? Protected speech is just not a thing anymore in the US huh.

    the slide into fash is just a full on freefall huh?

  39. He’s lucky they just denied him entry at all instead of to disappearing him for weeks like they have been doing to other tourists, including Germans and Canadians.

  41. “You have the free speech we say you can have.”
    The GOP

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