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amanaplanacanal parent
I expect my elected government to obey the Constitution under which it is set up. Treating anyone differently because they exercised freedom of speech is against how the US is supposed to work.

FirmwareBurner
Freedom of speech means saying what you want, not blocking roads, college campuses and disrupting activities so people can't walk and study.

Your freedom of speech ends when you're physically and practically disturbing other people's freedoms. Weird how people don't get that.

amanaplanacanal OP
What does any of that have to do with vetting social media posts for unapproved viewpoints?
FirmwareBurner
What does your previous comment have to do with it?

Inspecting visitor's social media doesn't break the constitution same as how inspecting their/your luggage at the airport doesn't. Border checks are a thing orthogonal to the constitution.

Employers will also Google you and judge you based on what you said on social media. If your profile is full of swastikas or other schizo shit, you probably won't see an offer. Why shouldn't countries do it? Do you want dangerous people let?

So no, that doesn't break the constitution.

amanaplanacanal OP
I realize that you aren't from the US, so maybe you don't know how US courts have interpreted the first amendment. The US government cannot prohibit "swastikas and other schizo shit", as distasteful as they are. Your employer is perfectly free to do so, however. Those are two different things in the US.

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