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It has zero measurable impact because anyone who counts will make sure their social media profile is either sterile or doesn't exist. Only an idiot would be a m
by gnu8 10y ago
It has zero measurable impact because anyone who counts will make sure their social media profile is either sterile or doesn't exist. Only an idiot would be a member of ISIS or Al Queda on Facebook.
- icebraining 10y agoI wonder if not filling in anything won't be counted against the person, with the justification that they have less info to make an evaluation.
- briandear 10y agoNot really. Basically a social profile can help clear a person but a lack of one wouldn't condemn a person. There's precedent in the Single Scope Background check process for Top Secret clearances: a lack of data just means more weight will be given to other factors. You aren't punished for a lack of data. This is common when people might not yet have a credit history. However, this policy is entirely dumb because social media profiles will be created specifically for travelers to be 'clean.'
- tribby 10y agoI agree this is a likely practical outcome, but the datapoint itself is troubling; I can just as easily imagine a binary interpretation of social/antisocial.
- type0 10y ago> because social media profiles will be created specifically for travelers to be 'clean.' I imagine that in future we will hear about travelers being denied entry because they- "fraudulently stated wrong social media accounts"... or something like that.
- vidarh 10y agoIt likely has zero measurable impact on stopping terrorism. It will have measurable impact on the millions of people who have to give up privacy to enter the US, some proportion of which is likely to be further negatively affected by having something "suspicious" in their profile. Like being idiots who once liked something offensive as a joke, or being friends with some idiot who is connected to ISIS on some social network.
- izacus 10y agoHaving to be careful what kind of jokes you like or articles you link reminds me exactly on how people behaved back in pre-1990 socialist era where liking or retelling a wrong joke got you in trouble with your boss, police or a landlord :/
- vidarh 10y agoAt least in this instance we can avoid this specific persecution by opting to not visit the US.
- zouhair 10y agoSo are you vetting all your friends' friends?
- marme 10y agoif you think this is about terrorism you have not been paying attention. It is to catch money launderers. It has been shown time and time again that people are stupid and post pics of cash, cars, jewelry, etc to social media