Social Media Activity Checked By US Customs
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Americans are having their social media activity checked by US customs and border agents. This is an illustration of how the US has become a fascist police state under Donald Trump. I have written about how China uses a social credit system to rate its citizens’ behaviour and rewards or penalises them accordingly. Many in the US criticise China as a totalitarian state, well the Trump regime is now acting in similarly intrusive ways. The digital world is primarily a record keeping device and the checking of this by security agencies has become their new favourite means of investigating individuals. Free speech and first amendment rights are being routinely trampled on by the Trump regime.
Border Crossings & Social Media Checking In America
Visitors and citizens are both being screened at the border by US customs agents. Reminiscent of totalitarian regimes around the world America has now fallen into this category. The warnings to the American voters prior to the last Presidential election went unheeded by too many. That Trump represented a threat to democracy and that he and his minions would harm the very fabric of what the United States of America has constitutionally stood for. Well, the police state is in action with ICE agents wearing masks grabbing innocent people off the streets. Academic students and teachers have been disappeared akin to what happened in Chile and Argentina back in the late 20C. It is sickening.
US Airports Screening Travellers’ Phones & Devices
Any criticism of the genocide being committed by Israel in Gaza and showing up on your social media will get you likely detained. These Trumpian right wing defenders of free speech have conveniently misplaced their first amendment concerns.
“If you’re a visa or green card holder with plans to travel to the US, reports of people being turned away at airports over messages found on their devices might be prompting you to second-guess your travel plans. You might be asking whether Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can search your phone, whether you can opt out and what you should do to minimize your risks.
The short answer is that yes, CBP can search your devices. Constitutional protections are generally weaker at US borders, including airports.”
Americans are having their social media activity checked by US customs and border agents. This is the fascist police state America under Trump and a constant reminder not to normalise the extreme nature of the Trump regime. The legacy media tends to normalise Trump in their coverage, as if we were in a non-judgmental timeless frieze. The reality of what Trump is doing to America is truly disgusting. The welcome mat has been well and truly done away with, especially if you have brown skin, liberal views, tattoos, and stuff on your devices that could point the finger at you.
“The process which is occurring in the United States right now and to a lesser degree elsewhere too is well worth understanding. Those on the Right and in the Trump regime are discarding adherence to the law, as a fundamental of government. Basically, they were unable to achieve their white supremacy and might is right wishes via upholding the existing US Constitution. Donald Trump’s desire for unchecked executive power is fired by this. Those on the Left, in contrast to this, have been sticklers for abiding by the laws of the land. A majority of the American voting public voted for criminality when they elected Trump, a convicted felon to the White House.”
Robert Sudha Hamilton is the author of America Matters: Pre-apocalyptic Posts & Essays in the Shadow of Trump.
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