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‘We gave shots to everyone in line’: Women share alcohol bottles with airport-goers instead of dumping them in viral TikTok

'I just want to know how you thought you could just bring a whole bottle of liquid in your carry on.'

On Nov 13, 2021 by Brooke Sjoberg

Internet Culture IRL
woman with hand on head and captions "TSA checked my vag bc I have a pad on.. I'm already v emotional and now I feel extremely violated." and "And to act like you don't believe me is disturbing, What's the point of the goddamn body scanners????"

‘I feel extremely violated’: TikToker says TSA agent searched her vagina because of menstrual pad

'What's the point of the godd*mn body scanners?'

On Sep 10, 2021 by Clara Wang

IRL

‘This is sanctioned humiliation’: TSA under fire for Instagram post about taking wigs out of bags, using AAVE in caption

The agency issued an apology to its Instagram Story.

On Jul 21, 2021 by Cecilia Lenzen

Internet Culture IRL
TSA Bans TikTok

TSA bans employees from using TikTok

The TSA joins other government agencies that have banned use of the popular app.

On Feb 24, 2020 by Andrew Wyrich

Layer 8 Tech
tsa hair pull

TSA apologizes after agent grabs indigenous woman’s braids, says ‘giddyup’

'My hair is part of my spirit. I am a Native woman. I am angry, humiliated.'

On Jan 17, 2020 by Mikael Thalen

IRL
florida man

Playwright behind ‘Florida Man’ excuses his props in hilarious letter to the TSA

Just some PVC pipes, a sniper suit, and a sex machine. Nothing to see here.

On Jul 31, 2019 by Siobhan Ball

Internet Culture IRL
TSA agent meme

TSA agents are the latest tool in the government shutdown meme war

Users are trolling opportunistic partisan players with the TSA agent meme that mocks how unpaid federal employees are being used as cheap propaganda.

On Jan 16, 2019 by David Gilmour

Internet Culture
Zainab Merchant

Muslim woman says she was forced to show bloody menstrual pad to TSA agents

The officers refused to give her their names.

On Aug 24, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

IRL
A.J. Francis, a football player for the New York Giants, took to Twitter yesterday to express his outrage after the Transportation Security Administration went through his suitcase and spilled his mother's ashes.

NFL player calls out TSA for spilling his mother’s ashes in his suitcase

TSA apologized, but the damage is already done.

On Jul 10, 2018 by Kristina Nguyen

IRL
TSA worker and pranked son react to hidden sex toy in luggage

Man pranks his son with 12-inch dildo at the airport

There's no shame in owning a giant dildo or lube, but that doesn't mean it won't embarrass your son at the airport.

On Feb 12, 2018 by David Britton

Internet Culture
LAX at night

Here’s how the TSA is using facial recognition tech at LAX

Are you ready to board your flight with a face scan?

On Feb 1, 2018 by Christina Bonnington

Tech
airport carry-on bin

The TSA might soon force you to unpack your carry-on bag at security check

The changes are expected to be made following the summer travel rush.

On May 25, 2017 by Phillip Tracy

Tech
DHS Secretary John Kelly

DHS secretary’s fun Netflix binge-watching quote backfired terribly

Don't let the kids know you are trying to be cool.

On Apr 18, 2017 by David Covucci

Internet Culture
TSA Agent Pats Down 11 Year Old Boy at DFW International Airport March 2017

‘Horrifying’ TSA pat-down of boy captured on video

'We were treated like dogs.'

On Mar 28, 2017 by Andrew Couts

Tech

CNN commentator shares the ‘humiliation’ of her TSA experience on Twitter

'Things don't change unless we ask questions and demand answers.'

On Dec 17, 2016 by Samantha Grasso

IRL

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