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French researcher denied entry to US for 'expressing personal opinion' on Trump

• like_any_other 2y ago
  > Another source familiar with the case told AFP that American authorities said the French researcher had been denied entry because of "hateful and conspiracy messages." France itself bans hate-speech [1], so wouldn't they consider this denial of entry justified? Of course, maybe the messages didn't rise to that level - we don't know, because this article, like all the others so far, omits the actual messages in question. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_France
  • DangitBobby 2y ago
    Why are you pointing to what France allows in reference to an article about slipping US freedoms?
    • like_any_other 2y ago
      My first sentence in my post explains why.
      • canadianfella 2y ago
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      • DangitBobby 2y ago
        It does not.
• gnabgib 2y ago
  Discussion (149 points, 1 day ago, 129 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43416476 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43416476
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• romaniitedomum 2y ago
  America has been doing this for years. I recall a story from a few years ago about an Irishman refused entry because he'd posted something on social media about how he was going to "destroy LA". Ah, here it is: https://www.joe.ie/uncategorized/irish-tourist-banned-from-us-over-joke-destroy-america-tweet-31740 https://www.joe.ie/uncategorized/irish-tourist-banned-from-u... https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/6342775/US-ejects-tourists-over-joke-tweets https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/6342775/US-ejects-tourists-ov... This was back in 2012.