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1 - no. The constitution explicitly only applies to US citizens / on US soil. That's the legal rationale for a lot of 'bad behavior' such as PRISM -- they can intercept undersea cable traffic to legally spy on foreigners, as foreigners lack constitutional rights. Nothing new there.
They're supposed to be God-given rights
If enough heretics have your name in their social network, your visa will be denied. Requiring social media on visa applications is like enforcing everyone to use Truecaller (don't use it!). This feels like the start of a U.S. social credit system.
Not a fan of this, but the US is late to the game -- and has received criticism because of it. Most developed countries already screen social media when processing visa applications.
All the more reason to not have them. Though email addresses? Are they demanding all pen-names too?
I think it’s a lot easier to be anonymous if you keep them, but never use them for anything real. I quit using Facebook two years ago, but I didn’t stop posting the occasional picture of some event I attended. I simply uninstalled all their apps and deleted anything that I had ever posted which wasn’t completely irrelevant. I also deleted almost every picture of myself and prohibited people from ever tagging me. This…
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Depends on where you are coming from. Most of the Europeans that come through have the financial means and strong enough passports to go pretty much anywhere they please. Same goes for most Japanese and Chinese. My Arab customers however have the money, but getting a visa is a near impossibility.
EU travelers should understand - because the EU screens social media as part of visa applications too.
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Depends on where you are coming from. Most of the Europeans that come through have the financial means and strong enough passports to go pretty much anywhere they please. Same goes for most Japanese and Chinese. My Arab customers however have the money, but getting a visa is a near impossibility.
EU travelers should understand - because the EU screens social media as part of visa applications too.
If enough heretics have your name in their social network, your visa will be denied. Requiring social media on visa applications is like enforcing everyone to use Truecaller (don't use it!). This feels like the start of a U.S. social credit system.
This isn't even close to the same thing as the Chinese government banning their own citizens from using Chinese services and infrastructure because of "bad social behavior".