Author Topic: US Now Requires Instagram and Flickr Usernames from Visa Applicants  (Read 267 times)

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Offline ABX

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This will work for about 5 minutes. Now that everyone knows, anyone who is coming in who means us harm will create sock puppet accounts full of 'I love America' and puppy dog pictures to make them look as innocent as Mother Theresa.

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The US State Department is now requiring that virtually everyone applying for US visas submit their social media usernames, including those for the photo-sharing services Instagram and Flickr.

The change has now taken effect after first appearing in new proposed rules back in March of 2018. It’s part of a “vast expansion of the Trump administration’s enhanced screening of potential immigrants and visitors, AP reports.
An estimated 15 million foreigners who apply for visas each year will be affected by the change. Only certain diplomatic and official visas will be exempt from the new social media requirement....

https://petapixel.com/2019/06/03/us-now-requires-instagram-and-flickr-usernames-from-visa-applicants/?fbclid=IwAR2xiOLkSy_Tlowtxxqfzp3s5abshMjwr1phW1NFy6tZ4iZvGMq9CyTE9c4