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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] 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hopefully the border agents learned something.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Brain rot and no accountability 🤷

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