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| The Daily Mail:Emily Bunting and Leigh Van Bryan |
Anyone who travels anywhere by plane will have noticed that
over the past few years airport security has tightened hugely causing
controversy. From biometric eye checks to the 385 full-body scanners which now
occupy 68 US airports, America is a country very concerned with security (SITA,
USA.travel Today). And as a result a
single tweet cost two friends, Leigh Van Bryan (26) and Emily Bunting (24), their USA holiday to Los Angeles. (BBC News)
The pair were forced to return home to England after both
spending a 12 hour stay in an American prison. Their deportation was caused by a single, misinterpreted
tweet from Mr Bryans which read: "Free this week, for quick gossip/prep
before I go and destroy America." Mr Bryans said that all he meant by the
tweet was a party. But this was not accepted by the US Homeland Security who he
said treated him “like some kind of terrorist.” (BBC News)
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| The Daily Mail: The Offending Tweet |
This is the latest in America’s use of social networking
sites to prevent people they believe to be a threat, from entering their
country by plane. Whether you believe the deportation of these British friends
is America gone too far, or a justified security measure, it is unlikely to be
the end of social networking used in this way.
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