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Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics (www.usermag.co)
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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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[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They are going after white-passing US citizens now?

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 28 points 1 day ago

If they're known left-wingers, yes.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Hasan is not a very pale-skin name. If his name was Bob, it might be different.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

this isn't about his skin or name. they knew who he was, and they already had questions for him about his views and even interviews he's done. this is 100% trying to suppress 1A