Summary
US immigration officers denied entry to a French scientist traveling to Houston after finding phone messages criticizing the Trump administration.
French research minister Philippe Baptiste condemned the decision, stressing the importance of academic freedom.
US authorities reportedly accused the scientist of “hateful and conspiratorial messages” but later dropped charges.
Baptiste has been vocal against Trump and Elon Musk for cutting research funding and invited American scientists to relocate to France.
Policing thoughtcrime. You know, just small government things…
Does China do this too to people that visits the country? I’m wondering if the US is already worse than China or if they’re on the same level now.
Trump is killing the USA
I want to know how they got access to his phone. Did he hand it over willingly? Did they run some kind of scan by connecting it to a device? Did they have a court order or authority to search it?
How do we help others avoid this sort of thing? My recommendation: start using Signal.
Anecdotal, but I think the US has been allowed to seize the electronic devices of people trying to enter the country since like forever.
They’re also weird as fuck about letting people enter the country and now it’s obviously getting even worse and lots of media attention
Since the Patriot Act.
