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United States: French researcher turned back for expressing “personal opinion on Trump administration’s policy (www.lemonde.fr)

submitted 2 days ago by TheDorkfromYork@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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"The space researcher was allegedly randomly checked on arrival, during which his professional computer and personal telephone were allegedly searched. Similarly, messages about the Trump administration’s treatment of scientists have been found."

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[–] sqgl@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I heard from a Redditor that his tweets were luring US scientists to EU and his visit was a recruitment drive. One USAmerican already took up the offer.

I imagine US does not want to identify him because although we could verify the above in his tweets, it would be advertising the lure for US scientists to defect.

And the French guy probably does not want to identify himself because je wants to make the US government look as bad as possible.

Not random, not as bad as the headline sounds but not worthy of banning anyhow.