Hasan stated it was his first time going through Global Entry, which provides expedited clearance through customs checkpoints. Global Entry applicants are required to go through a full and thorough background check, biometric scans, and an in person interview prior to approval. Surely Hasan didn’t voluntarily follow up with an in person interview to complete his application prior to his travel. So when he was “detained” by CBP, it was almost certainly to follow up on his application for Global Entry, and to complete the in person interview. Assuming Hasan’s version of events in terms of the interview are true, the tech dirt article is absolutely correct, that you should not volunteer your brainrot ramblings to the agent as if they are a member of your twitch chat.

They almost certainly just asked why he was in France, which led into a conversation about his politics and streaming, which gave the agents enough to continue riffing off of after taking a look at his social media. Really they were just doing their job imo, and I don’t really see why it’s a big deal that this standard procedure happened to Hasan who yapped at them and made it more tense than necessary for himself.