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Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics (www.usermag.co)

submitted 3 months ago by Domino@lemmings.world to c/world@quokk.au

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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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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Hopefully the border agents learned something.

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 7 points 3 months ago

Brain rot and no accountability 🤷

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Border agents aren't capable of learning anything but new laws to punish brown people with. Smart people aren't good strongmen for fascism.