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US immigration enforcement used an AI-powered tool to scan social media posts "derogatory" to the US | "The government should not be using algorithms to scrutinize our social media posts" (www.techspot.com)

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US immigration enforcement used an AI-powered tool to scan social media posts "derogatory" to the US | "The government should not be using algorithms to scrutinize our social media posts"::undefined

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[–] kromem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Technically until they have successfully immigrated there's limited first amendment rights.

As the supreme court has found over and over, given there is no inherent legal right to enter the country, there is no infringement of rights to discriminate who can and can't enter based on political speech. For prior cases if you are interested, see:

Exclusion of a British anarchist was at issue in Turner v. Williams (1904).
Harisiades v. Shaughnessy (1952) concerned deportation of communists.
Kleindienst v. Mandel (1972) examined denial of a travel visa to a Marxist.

So while ethically you may feel it's an infringement of the principles of the first amendment, it is not currently seen that way legally and hasn't for a long while.