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US is moving towards asking tourists for five-year social media history and biometrics before entry (www.bbc.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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Memorandum Updating All Forms to Collect Baseline Biographic Data, CBP will add several “high value data fields” to the ESTA application, when feasible. This is in addition to the information already collected in the ESTA application. The high value data fields include:

a. Telephone numbers used in the last five years;

b. Email addresses used in the last ten years;

c. IP addresses and metadata from electronically submitted photos;

d. Family member names (parents, spouse, siblings, children);

e. Family number telephone numbers used in the last five years;

f. Family member dates of birth;

g. Family member places of birth;

h. Family member residencies;

i. Biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris;

j. Business telephone numbers used in the last five years;

k. Business email addresses used in the last ten years.

https://public-nspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22461.pdf (page 9 & 10)

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[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Boo! Sports ball bad!

With that out of the way, that is a reason I would never have considered because sports are just something that has no part in my life. Even if they did I can't imagine they would be a good enough reason for me to visit a fascist shithole but hey different strokes I suppose.