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British authorities said Monday they blocked Hasan Piker, a Turkish American online streamer, and another political commentator from entering the U.K. to speak at public events.

Piker, a liberal political commentator who is frequently critical of U.S. President Donald Trump, Israel and the war in Gaza, has 2.8 million followers on Twitch.

The Home Office said that the electronic travel authorization, or ETA, for Piker and Cenk Uygur, who hosts the “Young Turks” online political talk show and is reportedly Piker’s uncle, were canceled “on the grounds that their presence in the U.K. may not be conducive to the public good.”

“Decisions to refuse or cancel an ETA on these grounds are based solely on an assessment of the potential risk an individual may pose to U.K. society,” the Home Office said.

Piker and Uygur were due to speak at SXSW London, a culture, technology and creativity festival, this month. Uygur was also expected to give a speech at the Oxford Union, the prestigious student debating society.

“A sad state of affairs where obviously the interests of Israel take the highest priority,” Piker said on his YouTube channel.

Uygur said on X that he had been banned “for criticizing Israel. Are we free any more?”

Piker has faced criticism over some of his comments on the Hamas militant group, which is considered a terrorist organization in the U.K. and the U.S., among other countries.

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[–] wpb@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Wait people actually fell for that? That's pretty funny

[–] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 hours ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cL__lbQL6g Oops

but trust me the dog that yelps when he uses the thing that looks like a shock collar actually just did it for no reason when I have never in my life had a dog do that unless they're in pain, and also it just likes sitting there for 8 hours at a time and puts its ears down like it's afraid when he says place.

[–] magnue@lemmy.world -2 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Haha yeah animal abuse so funny

[–] wpb@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

No people falling for hasbara is funny. To be clear, because I feel you might need this clarification, I'm laughing at you

[–] magnue@lemmy.world -1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Idk what you're talking about. Dude shocks his dog

[–] wpb@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Would you be interested in buying this bridge I own:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge

Normally I'd ask well over 1000, but you seem like a guy who'd know what to do with this bridge, and I'm in a pickle and I'd be willing to part with it for 600

[–] magnue@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Telling me to kms or something? Idk. You're a pathetic individual.

[–] Appleseuss@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

They're saying you're gullible, because you're gullible.

[–] wpb@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

If you feel that that's what that comment means, I urge you to report it. Telling people to kill themselves is not ok.

[–] Appleseuss@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

No the funny part is that you believe that.

[–] magnue@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago