Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoUS embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visaswww.thejournal.ieexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: BoycottUnitedStates@europe.pubbuyeuropean@feddit.ukusa@midwest.socialprivacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comprivacy@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-squarepeoplebeproblems@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoWhat happens if you don’t have social media? Or like you just change your public name when you travel? Or like say you don’t? I have this feeling these people don’t actually give two shits to go find out if you lied about that or not
minus-squarefestus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoI imagine they’ll just deny visas to all those cases. Unfortunately they’re under no obligation to provide visas to people who don’t use social media.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThey can use it as an excuse to arrest people
minus-squareskisnow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoTrumpists who’ve spent the last decade saying all kinds of insane bigoted shit online can now sell their Twitter accounts to prospective students for big money.
What happens if you don’t have social media?
Or like you just change your public name when you travel?
Or like say you don’t? I have this feeling these people don’t actually give two shits to go find out if you lied about that or not
I imagine they’ll just deny visas to all those cases. Unfortunately they’re under no obligation to provide visas to people who don’t use social media.
They can use it as an excuse to arrest people
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Trumpists who’ve spent the last decade saying all kinds of insane bigoted shit online can now sell their Twitter accounts to prospective students for big money.