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Korean students seek 'digital undertakers' amid US visa social media screening

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Re: Korean students seek 'digital undertakers' amid US visa social media screening

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I don't get why the US thought that it'd be a good idea to vet social media accounts for visa applications. If someone's having ill intent, one could easily create a burner account and fill in some random content for the sake of getting thru the visa application. Or they could even just purchase an account somewhere on the internet.

Sad to see what US has become.

Re: Korean students seek 'digital undertakers' amid US visa social media screening

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The US is not only restricting the free speech of their own citizens but also from citizens of other countries...

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US citizens themselves restrict the free speech of other US citizens, the governing bodies don't have to do much.

Re: Korean students seek 'digital undertakers' amid US visa social media screening

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I was wondering if anyone hasn't started such a SaaS yet. Can have an effect of unauthentic MAGA + Israel accounts flooding the social media. However the issue is that it only works if your identity is linked to you, so for most people that would be very embarrassing.

If Americans show flexibility to let you show your allegiance to USA and Israel through anonymous accounts they may be able to flood the social media with fake but real accounts. Bots but real people, if this was Chernobyl they would be called biorobots.

That would be next-gen astroturfing, very hard to detect.

Re: Korean students seek 'digital undertakers' amid US visa social media screening

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post #3

I don't get why the US thought that it'd be a good idea to vet social media accounts for visa applications. If someone's having ill intent, one could easily create a burner account and fill in some random content for the sake of getting thru the visa application. Or they could even just purchase an account somewhere on the internet. Sad to see what US has become.

I think they call it security theatre.

Re: Korean students seek 'digital undertakers' amid US visa social media screening

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The US is not only restricting the free speech of their own citizens but also from citizens of other countries...

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I would think things like removing access to research which contained certain keywords could count, as well as things like ordering the removal of images of women and people of colour from military websites for example.
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