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US at the weekend (new National Security Strategy): We need to oppose Europe for insisting the right to stop hate speech overrides freedom of speech
US today: We're going to insist we can see 5 years of your social media* before we let you into the US in case you said nasty things about us.
So one rule for people saying things they like, and another for people saying things they don't? Not quite sure that's how the Founding Fathers anticipated free speech working.
* Also your phone numbers, your email addresses, plus the names and addresses of family members, including children. And if you've ever worked as a fact checker or in content moderation there is apparently a blanket ban,
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/10/tourists-social-media-trump
US today: We're going to insist we can see 5 years of your social media* before we let you into the US in case you said nasty things about us.
So one rule for people saying things they like, and another for people saying things they don't? Not quite sure that's how the Founding Fathers anticipated free speech working.
* Also your phone numbers, your email addresses, plus the names and addresses of family members, including children. And if you've ever worked as a fact checker or in content moderation there is apparently a blanket ban,
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/10/tourists-social-media-trump
