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More important: what happens when someone refuses to tell or claim not to have one?
by anotheryou 9y ago
More important: what happens when someone refuses to tell or claim not to have one?
- darioush 9y agowhatever happens to people when states assume they have things to hide.
- accountyaccount 9y agoto shreds you say
- a_humean 9y agoSubject you to more searches, seize your luggage with few means of appeal, and deport you. More and more reasons not to bother traveling or doing business with the US if it can be avoided.
- mikeash 9y agoFor US citizens, they may hassle you a bit but they have to let you in. For non-citizens, any refusal to cooperate will likely result in being refused entry and immediate deportation back to wherever they came from.
- giobox 9y agoDoes this actually apply to US citizens at all? All the reporting I've read suggests this is solely visa applicants, which of course will never include US citizens.
- mikeash 9y agoI don't think there's any official policy, but nothing stops them from asking when you go through customs. It's rare but it happens. For example: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/american-citizens-u-s-border-agents-can-search-your-cellphone-n732746 http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/american-citizens-u-s-bo...
- epc 9y agoThis US policy doesn't apply to US citizens, but there is nothing to prevent non-US countries from reciprocating and requiring social media accounts from US citizens as part of their visa processes.
- Karellen 9y agoI actually don't have, and have never had, a facebook or twitter account. So, if I ever try to go to the US it's likely that that will be seen as "refusal to cooperate"? And I'm likely to be denied entry because of it? Wow.
- mikeash 9y agoI don't know what would happen there. If you can convince them that you truly have none, you should be fine, but they may be hard to convince. Immigration officers can refuse non-citizens entry for almost any reason.
- ajeet_dhaliwal 9y agoI'm the same, may be we would be advised to create a Facebook and Twitter account, but then would you be required to keep updating it and actually using it?
- khedoros1 9y agoI've had one for a long time, but I don't post publicly. Without friending me, it's difficult to tell that the account's in use.
- korzun 9y ago> For US citizens, they may hassle you a bit but they have to let you in. This does not apply to U.S citizens. The very first paragraph of the article covers this.
- mikeash 9y agoThis specific policy does not apply to US citizens, but the general act of being asked for social media passwords and similar certainly can.
- irrational 9y agoOr, like myself, really truly doesn't have one.
- korzun 9y agoThen you don't get a VISA. Pretty simple.
- dguaraglia 9y agoSimplistic answer to complex issues. The trademark right-winger approach.