THE GUARDIAN: The potential demand that visitors to the US hand over their social media records, or even their phones, opens up a world of embarrassment
As someone with a child in the US, this new Trump threat to scrutinise tourists’ social media is concerning. Providing my user name would be OK – the authorities would get sick of scrolling through chicken pics before they found anything critical of their Glorious Leader – but what if I have to hand over my phone at the border, as has happened to some travellers already? I would rather get deported.
There’s nothing criminal or egregiously immoral on there; I don’t foment revolution or indulge in Trump trolling, tempting as that would be. But my phone does not paint a flattering picture of me. Does anyone’s? Those shiny black rectangles have become contemporary confessionals, and we would like to believe they abide by the same kind of confidentiality rules. » | Emma Beddington | Sunday, December 14, 2025
Quite right! WTF wants to visit that SHITHOLE anyway? The American regime thinks more of itself than it ought to! People in their droves are staying away from that awful country already. It is to be hoped that in the coming months even more people will decide to stay away from Trump’s SHITHOLE. America was once the HOPE of the western world. Since Trump’s re-election, its HALO has dropped into the sewer. Nobody in his/her right mind would want to visit that dreadful country. — © Mark Alexander
