Now It’s Official: US Visa Can Be Denied If You (Or Even Your Friends) Are Critical of American Policies

Simples. Don't take your mobile phone or laptop or tablet on holiday with you when you go to the United States.

[Waking Times]: There have been several interesting developments in the United States government’s war on free speech and privacy.

 First of all, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP), which is responsible for actual entry of travellers into the country, has now declared that it can legally access phones and computers at ports of entry to determine if there is any subversive content which might impact on national security.

“Subversive content” is, of course, subjective, but those seeking entry can be turned back based on how a border control agent perceives what he is perusing on electronic media...read more>>>...