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A French scientist was entering the US for a conference and was asked to show his phone. His phone had conversations with other colleagues criticizing Trump's s
by theturtletalks 2y ago
A French scientist was entering the US for a conference and was asked to show his phone. His phone had conversations with other colleagues criticizing Trump's science fund cuts. They took his phone and laptop and denied him entry.
I would expect many conferences to have less and less international attendees in the coming years.
- matsemann 2y agoThe previous round of Trump, a former prime minister of Norway even got stopped for a while for the "crime" of having an Iranian stamp in his passport. With it being several times worse now, I understand many are apprehensive of going. https://www.thejournal.ie/kjell-magne-bondevik-washington-airport-3221323-Feb2017/ https://www.thejournal.ie/kjell-magne-bondevik-washington-ai...
- yubblegum 2y agoNYTimes' article on the event in case anyone is interested: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/world/europe/us-france-scientist-entry-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/world/europe/us-france-sc...
- jech 2y ago> I would expect many conferences to have less and less international attendees in the coming years. It's starting: https://boycott-ietf127.org/ https://boycott-ietf127.org/