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Hasan Piker, the biggest progressive political streamer in America, was detained by Customs and Border Protection for hours of questioning upon returning to the U.S. from a trip to France this weekend. Piker posted about the incident on X and later talked about it on stream.

He was detained in Chiago and questioned for two hours about protected journalistic activities like who he’s interviewed and his political beliefs. He was asked whether or not he’d interviewed Hamas, Houthis, or Hezbollah members. He was questioned about his opinions on Trump and Israel and asked about his history of bans on Twitch. His phone and laptop were not confiscated.

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[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 16 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Any comment that has to point out his politics or "concerns with him" is completely missing the point.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, it's disgusting that people's first reaction to someone being unjustly detained is that.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 7 hours ago (5 children)

progressive

Pretty sure dude is a leftist. Capitalist media has never encountered this before.

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[–] HalfSalesman@lemm.ee 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I have a like/dislike perspective on Hasan Piker.

Hes tankie-lite. Critical support for him in this case though, fuck ICE.

Its probably an indicator that I really need to touch grass that I'm primarily curious what Ethan Klein and Lonerbox think of this.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Man, I liked some of Klein's videos from way back ( idubbbz as well) but when YouTubers shift from whatever content they were making to making content about the platform or others on it I usually check out real quick.

I also can't do 3 hour podcasts where people talk over each other and yell either so maybe I'm just not the target demo anymore.

[–] HalfSalesman@lemm.ee 6 points 4 hours ago

Its further an indication that I need to touch grass that when I read your name I think of Vaush's editor.

[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 23 points 8 hours ago

It's too bad they didn't let him stream it. That would've been peak content.

[–] arifinhiding@feddit.org 24 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

The questioning (though harmless) is often a stepping stone to more drastic measures. In the place where I live (not the US), my local religious police does questioning to make sure that activists are not posting their status online. This sort of measure helps them evade accountability and keeps the general public in ignorance.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

The questioning (though harmless)

There's nothing "harmless" about kidnapping people and coercing them into an interrogation.

This sort of measure helps them evade accountability and keeps the general public in ignorance.

Yep, that's some of the harm.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

In the place where I live (not the US), my local religious police does questioning to make sure that activists are not posting their status online.

Careful. Depending on which not-the-US country you're in, this could be flagged as anti-semitism.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world -1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It would suck if Hasan is getting harassed by the government. I bet if kamala won he wouldn't have, though.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, but what has Kamala done to prevent them from harrasing him today? It's the democrats' fault he got detained!!1one

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