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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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[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

The questioning (though harmless) is often a stepping stone to more drastic measures. In the place where I live (not the US), my local religious police does questioning to make sure that activists are not posting their status online. This sort of measure helps them evade accountability and keeps the general public in ignorance.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

The questioning (though harmless)

There's nothing "harmless" about kidnapping people and coercing them into an interrogation.

This sort of measure helps them evade accountability and keeps the general public in ignorance.

Yep, that's some of the harm.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

In the place where I live (not the US), my local religious police does questioning to make sure that activists are not posting their status online.

Careful. Depending on which not-the-US country you're in, this could be flagged as anti-semitism.