In ‘Free Speech’ news, the US plans to force tourists to hand over five years of social media posts before they’re allowed in – 27 tweets that definitely wouldn’t get through customs
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POV: you are a British tourist that posted a joke about Charlie Kirk https://t.co/WZXQMKs8jT pic.twitter.com/kLkcxKlJce
— sean (@_sn_n) December 10, 2025
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Apart from the obvious insanity of this, whose job is it to go over 5 YEARS of everything I watched and liked on tiktok? Godspeed, good sir https://t.co/aCoaf5EIzG
— Elle ⚘️ (@__shiticantsay) December 10, 2025
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Half of Brits won't get past the social media checks.
I certainly wouldn't.
So I'll just leave this. pic.twitter.com/Dp2c9U8zIy— chasb (@bchaz4) December 11, 2025
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America, the land of the free* (*freedom not applicable to tourists who once liked a meme about pineapple on pizza).
Congratulations, USA. You’ve officially turned “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses” into :
“Give me your last five years of tweets, your Instagram…— Gauda (@Bitcojner) December 10, 2025
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When the guy who has to check my social history sees me liking big butts at 5 a.m pic.twitter.com/pQX3mCg7J3
— Jambo (@degenJambo) December 10, 2025
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America is about to lose billions in lost business/travel from our allies.
Make America broke again.
Bravo, Trump voters.https://t.co/c1Bv868dcu
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) December 10, 2025
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https://t.co/ZVePyby2U3 pic.twitter.com/DzTHTbyzM4
— ️ (@the_P_God) December 11, 2025
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What is the charge? Posting a meme? A succulent shitposting meme? https://t.co/KLtYjzAARv pic.twitter.com/pJAx9minUd
— Grace (@graceyldn) December 11, 2025
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Luckily I will NOT be returning to the US of United States of America https://t.co/be0RBnpAy7 pic.twitter.com/l1sNCfqJeD
— Ruth Husko (@dank_ackroyd) December 11, 2025
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Me after trying to explain all of my Louie Spence memes https://t.co/KLtYjzAARv pic.twitter.com/wqhoQ9KXMX
— Grace (@graceyldn) December 11, 2025
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when im trying to visit the us but the border patrol finds pronouns in my twitter bio https://t.co/AcSzPo5utq pic.twitter.com/fKuBGV2qUn
— Nebula️⚧️ (@NebulaCloud34) December 10, 2025
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If you qualify to get into the US at this point, then you're an absolute coward https://t.co/r1ewYzYe2W
— Calm Down (@CalmDown247) December 10, 2025
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Genuinely, how is this "five years social media history" stuff at the United States border going to work?
— Marl Karx (@BareLeft) December 11, 2025
It could be quite educational for US customs officers.
[12hrs into my ice interrogation]
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue https://t.co/U8TmbBJoM5
— milo edwards (@Milo_Edwards) December 10, 2025
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