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US to screen social media of foreign students for anti-American content (www.france24.com)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The State Department had temporarily paused issuing visas for foreign students at the end of May while it came up with the new social media guidance and it will now resume taking appointments.

"The enhanced social media vetting will ensure we are properly screening every single person attempting to visit our country," a senior State Department official said.

US consular officers will conduct a conduct a "comprehensive and thorough vetting of all student and exchange visitor applicants," the official said.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

They were doing this already. Visa applications going back many years asked for lists of social media accounts.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

Welcome to our surveilance state. We've been under total surveilance for decades.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Then the US is going to wonder why no one applies to come to college here anymore.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Unfortunately, that's what the trumpets want. they think they don't get into college, because it's too full. they have no idea it's international exchange and there are also USAmericans studying in EU, Asia, Britain etc.. All that will happen is some ppl not doing the exchange and the total number of ppl studying worldwide won't be affected.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

That's the point

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

Pathetic

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Er, they've been doing this for a while.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

How does this actually work? Would it only realistically affect people with their full name on their profile or who have a profile without their full name on them but that are linked to other services that DO have it?