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by specproc 96 days ago
No chance I'd go to America, as they definitely check that sort of thing at the border now.

Not sure how often that happens coming to the UK, yet.

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It happens to citizens of the UK everyday, so I'm not really into finding out how tourists are treated.
You are the victim of misinformation and need to check your sources.
So are you. Wow we really learned a lot didn't we.
I am not making blatantly false statements about someone else's country that are obviously repeating political talking points.

Again, please check your sources before posting obvious disinformation.

I just went there as German and it actually went really smooth. They just asked me why I'm visiting and I said to visit a friend/tourism, took less than 2 minutes. So I think this is FUD
That's usually how it goes with the US as well but every now and then they decide to search someone's electronic devices.

Of course AFAIK this can happen pretty much everywhere at this point so your only hope is being a citizen of a country that doesn't allow it for locals (such as the US) and then not traveling. Or wipe your devices prior to traveling.