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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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Post by mc32 »

philipjoubert wrote: post #4
ognarb wrote: post #2

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

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It’d been going on for a while: they had embedded people at Twitter, Facebook, etc. to act as liaisons to “protect truth” on subjects such as the origins of Covid, hunter Biden’s laptop, the senility of a certain commander in chief, the discussion on males participating in women’s sports, etc. the movement went so far as preventing speakers with opposing views to speak at universities. The idea of safe spaces itself is about censorship of ideas.

All in the name of stopping “misinformation”.

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

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Post by ivape »

noobermin wrote: post #28
jan_Sate wrote: 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.

Along with the push for ending birth right citizenship and detaining citizens the goal is a white ethnostate. I doubt Trump is that cognizant of that but Stephen Miller definitely is pushing for that.

Yeah, I mean, what was that whole we’re going to bring white South African immigrants here and kick brown ones out?

MAGA is a white supremacy movement, but calling this out in America is like trying to tell your best friend her husband is cheating on her. It’s going to be an ugly reveal and difficult conversation, but the facts are the facts.

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

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Post by Tika2234 »

tuyguntn wrote: post #27
DragonStrength wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No one is pretending this is about terrorism now. They're explicit this is about curbing political activism by foreign students. Some outside the US miss that because few countries would have given foreign students this much room for activism in the first place.

Do you think US embassy will reject political activism if it was against China?

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

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Post by __s »

15155 wrote: post #30
zeroCalories wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The goal isn't to stop terrorism, or drug trafficking, etc. It's to curb opposition. There's very little difference between someone that's anti-american but keeps their opinions to themself, and someone that has no opinions. Why do you think China cracks down on speech? Is it for shits-and-giggles?

> anti-american but keeps their opinions to themself, and someone that has no opinions Why do we need to be admitting anti-American individuals to this country for any reason whatsoever? News flash: visas are a privilege, not a right.

Anti American is a fluid term

Is it anti American to oppose annexing Canada? Careful what you reply, may affect your visa application

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

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Post by apwell23 »

jan_Sate wrote: 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.

Doing that would be visa fraud.

Why create any rule if ppl can commit fraud anyways?

Why ask for educational qualifications for h1b because ppl can create fake certificates( many do) ?

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

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Post by 15155 »

__s wrote: post #34
15155 wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> anti-american but keeps their opinions to themself, and someone that has no opinions Why do we need to be admitting anti-American individuals to this country for any reason whatsoever? News flash: visas are a privilege, not a right.

Anti American is a fluid term Is it anti American to oppose annexing Canada? Careful what you reply, may affect your visa application

It truly does not matter how this opinion can shift with the political climate: foreigners aren't citizens, no matter how much folks would like this to be the case.

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

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Post by jlebar »

15155 wrote: post #30
zeroCalories wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The goal isn't to stop terrorism, or drug trafficking, etc. It's to curb opposition. There's very little difference between someone that's anti-american but keeps their opinions to themself, and someone that has no opinions. Why do you think China cracks down on speech? Is it for shits-and-giggles?

> anti-american but keeps their opinions to themself, and someone that has no opinions Why do we need to be admitting anti-American individuals to this country for any reason whatsoever? News flash: visas are a privilege, not a right.

Who gets to define what is anti-American?

Perhaps you think it's anti-American to believe that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza. Perhaps I think it's anti-American to believe that the Jan 6 rioters should have been pardoned.

Whose purity test should we apply?

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

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Post by kingkawn »

15155 wrote: post #30
zeroCalories wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The goal isn't to stop terrorism, or drug trafficking, etc. It's to curb opposition. There's very little difference between someone that's anti-american but keeps their opinions to themself, and someone that has no opinions. Why do you think China cracks down on speech? Is it for shits-and-giggles?

> anti-american but keeps their opinions to themself, and someone that has no opinions Why do we need to be admitting anti-American individuals to this country for any reason whatsoever? News flash: visas are a privilege, not a right.

Your deportation hearing is now scheduled for next week for anti Americanism disguised as jingoistic patriotism. Hopefully there’s a country that will accept you but if not there are some extraterritorial islands we can parachute you on to
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