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Even just speaking out is getting dangerous, particularly for the people just entering the pipeline now as you have to provide all of your social media accounts
by Someone1234 8y ago
Even just speaking out is getting dangerous, particularly for the people just entering the pipeline now as you have to provide all of your social media accounts so they can keep and eye on your speech.
It is only a matter of time before you'll sit down in a citizenship interview, and they'll have a print out of your social media posts and a bunch of questions about any that seem to criticize the government.
- digi_owl 8y agoI seems to recall a story where a couple of people were denied entry after reaching a US airport because they had tweeted a joke that got misunderstood.
- fmihaila 8y ago> I seems to recall a story where a couple of people were denied entry after reaching a US airport because they had tweeted a joke that got misunderstood. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-16810312 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-16810312
- jellicle 8y ago> It is only a matter of time before you'll sit down in a citizenship interview, and they'll have a print out of your social media posts and a bunch of questions about any that seem to criticize the government. What you describe has been the case in the US since the early 2000s. The "matter of time" is about negative 15 years or so. People on HN often seem to think the government is insanely slow-moving and incompetent. While there are various snags, the whole system moves constantly and is staffed by many perfectly competent people who ask questions like "why aren't we checking the social media accounts of citizenship applicants to weed out the terrorists and commies?" and before too long, they are.