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The Trump administration is proposing to ask visitors from several dozen nations that enjoy visa-free travel to the U.S. to submit additional personal information before entering the country, including five years of their social media history, the Department of Homeland Security said in a notice this week.

Citizens of 42 countries enrolled in the visa waiver program can generally come to the U.S. for up to 90 days for tourism or business travel, without needing to apply for a visa at an American embassy or consulate, a process that can take months or even years.

The list of countries in the visa waiver program includes many European nations like the United Kingdom, Germany and France, as well as some U.S. allies around the world, including Australia, Israel, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.

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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago (4 children)

"I don't use social media."

You can't prove a negative. Shift the onus back onto them. Any attempt at them trying to connect the dots should be met with "That user is not me, any similarities in their name is purely coincidental."

Create a bogus email not tied to any social media and they won't have a leg to stand on.

Not to mention how incredibly difficult that enforcing such a policy would be. Could you imagine the manpower required for people to trawl through 5 years of social media history searching for verboten political speech against Dear Leader? Wouldn't be surprised if they tried to use AI for this, since they'd have a hard time finding enough die-hard Trump loyalists to pack into the DHS to actually perform the background checks at the rate they would need to happen...

Better yet, just avoid coming to this rapidly declining country in the first place.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

They'll just say you're lying, detain you, and charge you with withholding evidence.

I'm not kidding

[–] Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 5 points 6 days ago

They're going to have AI look this shit over. No person will look unless AI flags it I bet

[–] ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

You have to provide all your email addresses for the last 10 years and the names, phone numbers and addresses of all your family members as well.

BTW, Lemmy is social media.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

But how many people are dumb enough to have their phones searched with their social media apps on them?

[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Most people. The vast majority of people. Because most people aren't that "paranoid"(if you can call it that when the threat is real)

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

Yup, exactly. And they know this.

[–] perestroika@slrpnk.net 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Just don't go there. There's no due process currently over there, at least for foreigners.

If you absolutely need, send a robot instead of yourself. Much less hassle. :)

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

People need to seriously stop coming here. Pull out any and all business you are able and cut America off. If we’re going to act like a walled garden, why support it? Help keep this cancer contained and stay the fuck away from anything America or American.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You could not pay me to go to the US. Id sooner visit Syria.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

You’d probably be safer there.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't know why anybody still chooses to go to the Untied States

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

They are stupid would be my assumption. This said as an American.

[–] hanrahan@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago

Reading the comments in a forum in an Australian newspaper, about 1/2 the people are ok with it and are still going.

Seriously. Don't come here. Humanity needs to resolve it's billionaire crisis first.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago

Also US:

Why is our tourism dead? Why does nobody want to visit our shit hole country anymore?

[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"will have to" is such a misleading phrasing... Many of them will visit elsewhere. Fuck that shit for tourism. It's not worth it, not to see some sites.

[–] anugeshtu@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

There are so much more nice sites on the planet. South America has lots, New Zealand, Australia... Just to name a few. Why would I spent money to go to that place and thus supporting a fascist regime, getting profiled for nothing and be seen as a potential threat for nothing when there are so many better alternatives?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 10 points 6 days ago

none will be asked of RUSSIAN, Saudia arabia, UAE, israel no doubt.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 5 points 5 days ago

The trump administration can kiss my dick.

There. This is part of my social media history now.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago

Hahaha eat shit Dumberikkka! How’s your tourism industry doing? Bad? Not a thing of value was lost.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago
[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO MAKE FUN OF ME.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

Tourists? Straight to cecot

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

How is Chile the only country in the Americas in the Visa Waiver Program? (Minus French Guiana)

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca -1 points 6 days ago

UK, France, Germany, and Australia all have their own editions of the sitcom "Ghosts" (UK was the original). Trump has something against the Ghosts franchise. I'm kidding, of course; Trump isn't cool enough to have heard of Ghosts.

[–] slate@sh.itjust.works 94 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Surely nuking the entire tourism industry (again) will fix the economy!

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Well there are still people stupid enough to visit the Untied States now, I don't know what would have to happen to get through to them

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 6 days ago

we will probably see the results after christmas,.

[–] Magister@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

Especially for world cup!

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[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (16 children)

Because we are all required to use social media?

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes. If you don't, they're gonna label it as suspicious

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

Iv unironically not been hired for jobs because of this. Because of how well I separate my online and offline life and my entirely non use of Facebook, Twitter, etc. iv had background companies report me as suspicious due to lack of information.

It's fucked up.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They really want to kill the tourism industry.

Tank every sector of the economy possible. Amazing.

[–] BlindFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Jfc, they'll dissolve Hawaii into the ocean

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The good news is that pretty soon there won't be any foreign tourism to the US, so no one will have to enforce this.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

I don't believe this will make much of a difference if people are still stupid enough to visit the Untied States now

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