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Hasan Piker, the biggest progressive political streamer in America, was detained by Customs and Border Protection for hours of questioning upon returning to the U.S. from a trip to France this weekend. Piker posted about the incident on X and later talked about it on stream.

He was detained in Chiago and questioned for two hours about protected journalistic activities like who he’s interviewed and his political beliefs. He was asked whether or not he’d interviewed Hamas, Houthis, or Hezbollah members. He was questioned about his opinions on Trump and Israel and asked about his history of bans on Twitch. His phone and laptop were not confiscated.

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lol your most solid source is a random post from some politician's web page?

He opposes terrorism. Which is why he opposes Israel. Which is what gets him in trouble.

He may also have said some things in support of terrorism by Hamas, which would be fucked up in my opinion. I don't know and I have no plans to take this web page seriously about it. He is still allowed to go on the internet and say those things, according to the first amendment, and this attempt to threaten him about it is horrifying whatever his opinions are. What part of "I get to say whatever the fuck I want because those are my opinions" doesn't make sense here?