US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas
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Re: US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas
#2I don’t even know that I could come up with such a list.
Setting everything to “public”, likewise, has potential implications far beyond a visa, since scraping can happen real fast. Then, things on the Internet live like… more than forever, potentially resurfacing later.
That could be a potential employer, romantic interest, etc.—and just consider how things from 10-20 years ago have already resurfaced for some high-profile individuals, under some new social cause or just attitude change. The same thing can happen to any of us under these circumstances, ready to ruin lives.
Re: US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas
#3The end is near.
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Re: US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas
#5It seems to me one of the methods of control in oppressive States is to have a multitude of rules, which are impractical to actually adhere to, where failure to adhere provides leverage to State - a "justification" for State to then do whatever it is it decides to do with you (such as deportation without due process).
Re: US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas
#6People are already being denied entry based on social media posts.
Censorship? Anyone?
Scary times.
Re: US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas
#7People are already being denied entry based on social media posts. Censorship? Anyone? Scary times.
This has been policy since the Obama admin, where have you been?
e: they downvoted him because they hated the truth.
Re: US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas
#8> The embassy also wants people to set their social media profiles to public.
Good thing I have no interest in visiting the land of the "free" anytime soon.
Re: US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas
#9I remember that there was such a text box even on ESTA applications several years ago, but it was optional.
This article uses the word "required" but it doesn't give a direct quote saying that it truly is mandatory, it reads a bit waffly.
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#10This is only possible of you ignore decent security precautions and rarely use different user names.
They are literally saying that only those who lie or have garbage security practices can get Visas.