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Trump to make all foreign tourists provide five years of social media history
- chrisjj 11mo agoTrue title: Trump to make all foreign tourists provide five years of social media history before entering US
- chrisjj 11mo agoQuote: It will be "mandatory" to hand over the information, and other details - including email addresses and telephone numbers used in the last five years. Personal details of family members will also be required.
- JohnFen 11mo ago> Personal details of family members will also be required. This is the more egregious thing in my view. I'm not sure what I'd do if a family member threw me under the bus like that, but I know I'd be absolutely furious for a very long time. Willingly giving your own information is one thing, but giving someone else's information (in the absence of them providing informed consent) is unforgivable.
- fjfaase 11mo agoThat could possibly result in 'empty' soccer stadiums next year, because I fear that many foreign fans will be baned due to some 'critical' comment in social media about USA or Israel. The number of foreign tourists will drop even lower.
- magicalhippo 11mo agoWhen I last visited the US some years ago, I had to submit a link to my Facebook profile and such. How exactly will this differ? What do they classify as "social media history" and how would I realistically provide 5 years worth of that to them? Regardless, I had a few more places in the US I had wanted to experience, but I'll easily pass if something like this is in play.
- chrisjj 11mo ago> When I last visited the US some years ago, I had to submit a link to my Facebook profile What if you had no Facebook profile?
- magicalhippo 11mo agoOnly an issue if they find out you actually did. The phrasing only included Facebook as example of profile they wanted. At least when I travelled. Who knows now...
- JohnFen 11mo agoWhat do people who have no social media history do?
- chrisjj 11mo agoLikewise, who have no family members.
- ChrisArchitect 11mo agoMore discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46217026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46217026