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Has America Become the Scariest Country in the World to Visit? I Went Looking, and Part of Me Wishes I Hadn't. (thearchitectautopsy.com)

submitted 1 week ago by TheArchitectAutopsy@lemmy.world to c/longreads@sh.itjust.works

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Five years of your social media just to visit the US on an ESTA, and 50,922 phone searches at the border in a single year with no suspicion needed. Part 1 of my Five Eyes series: who else gets to see it?

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[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Depends on your racial persuasion, and now also on the beliefs you espouse online since in some cities they can legally take your phone and check your social media accounts.

Not dangerous but certainly annoying and expensive: they can also refuse entry at the border for no good reason (happened to my aunty, going from the UK to the US to visit family) and you just have to take a flight back.