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Hi everyone I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing

- They were waiting for me when I got off the plane - They knew (or it felt like they knew) everything about me - I had cleaned up my online presence expecting ad hoc digital sweeps; I was not prepared for their sophistication - Sophistication almost certainly facilitated by Palantir

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I'm assuming at this point every facebook post / msg is available to Palantir, without warrant. Would not be surprised if that soon / already included every email on gmail. Twitter posts of course have been given over long ago, maybe one of the main reasons for acquisition.

Deleting it after you book your ticket is too late now. It may be pointless to delete at all. The regime's been scanning social media for quite a while AND social media barons have all the knee to the regime so backdoor access may have been granted (including "private" & maybe even deleted posts).

To add to this, even minutes after posting something is likely already too late to delete it. Work under the assumption that once you post something publicly, they already have it permanently and deleting the post or account does absolutely nothing.

A few years ago, I was flying home from Texas. Amarillo airport to be precise. There was a delay on my flight and I was concerned I’d have my layover and connecting flight screwed, so I went to ask the attendant at the airline I chose. ….1/2

I told them my situation. I did not identify myself, but they took one look at me, looked down, clicked a mouse, and they called me by my full name and told me I’d be getting home on time. As I walked away, I thought, wait. Fuuuuuck. Yeah, it’s already too late. 2/2

Your experience, and others, explain this in The Age. "A new survey released by the Lowy Institute think tank in Sydney showed that 72 per cent of respondents said they didn’t trust Trump to act responsibly in global affairs, just edging out the 71 per cent who said they didn’t trust China’s Xi."

I'll be writing all this up with more detail shortly. For now I'll just say---I believe what I say and say what I believe. The offending posts are all online. Find out for yourself if my words post a danger to the US and *subscribe to my substack* www.kitchencounter.blog

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This is so embarrassing for those of us who have not lost our minds. I am sorry our country treated you this way. I pray this will end soon and we can work on earning back trust from our allies.

We're no longer the land of the free sadly and I'm so sorry that this is how our country violated you and other tourists based on if they support our president or not. This is as anti-American as it gets. None of this is normal and its very scary this is what our country is now.

Sounds like 2 phones are now required. 1 with the contents needed to travel and the other for work. The one to do work sent separately via a shipping service to get picked up upon arrival. Another thought. When will someone load up malicious software on a phone intended for download to fight back

Yeah… I’d say probably need to do it before your flight takes off. I’m so sorry. It’s so embarrassing. I hope the rest of the world learns from our mistakes.

You're on bluesky, the delete button is cosmetic pleasantry; everything here is public forever no matter who you are

If you leave the USA you're not likely to get back in! But 8 think these border tactics are really only for non-Nationals, no? They couldn't keep you out 8f your own country (although there'd be nothing stopping them from detaining you)

All of those republicans whinging about all their freedoms all these years ad there that first people to bend the knee and lick the boot. The moral cowardice of conservatives is legendary. 💯 % personal propaganda.