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Do other countries do stuff like that too? In German media I often read about things like security researchers not allowed to go a conference in the US or peop
by Ididntdothis 7y ago
Do other countries do stuff like that too? In German media I often read about things like security researchers not allowed to go a conference in the US or people turned around for their twitter posts. Does this really happen often and do other countries for example in Europe do this too?
- hos234 7y agoYes. Thanks to 9/11 and characters like Mohamed Atta who look good on paper but are crazy. No easy way to spot them. Better to be safe than sorry etc etc.
- maze-le 7y agoIn Europe, definitly not while applying for a visum (they don't want your online-handles and passwords for example). You'll probably get "background-checked" from the interior intelligence agencies (e.g. Verfassungsschutz) while completing the formal immigration process, but that is a completely different story than a mere visum.
- jacobush 7y agoI imagine there would have to be some kind of GDPR exception for that to happen in Europe.
- majewsky 7y agoGDPR can be overridden by any law that deems data access necessary for government officers to do their job. When those laws are overturned by the courts, it's not on the basis of GDPR or similar laws, it's usually because they violate the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which has a constitution-like status due to the Treaty of Lisbon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_Fundamental_Rights_of_the_European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_Fundamental_Rights_...
- vmlinuz 7y agoChina is actively checking people's phones at airports and land/sea entrance points for evidence that the person attended or supports the protests in Hong Kong. People have certainly been denied entry and held for a few hours, and may have been taken into longer-term detention. The fact that the US has been doing similar for a long time has been widely used as justification for China's actions...