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Belgians could face strict screening of their social media if they wish to travel to the United States (www.vrt.be)

submitted 2 weeks ago by RunawayFixer@lemmy.world to c/belgium@lemmy.world

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"In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to ask applicants for a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children."

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[–] SanctimoniousApe@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why TF would they want to come to this monumental shithole?!?

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Oh no, this is intentional data harvesting from businesses. A lot of businesses also rely on the ESTA to travel to the US. All this data is gonna be trawled by the CIA, because the administration has openly stated one of their goals is to destabilize and break apart the EU. This way, you find weak points - who can be bought, who can be blackmailed, who can be easily tipped into radicalizing by putting them in connection with far-right influences in their country of origin.

It's what the US did in Latin America, but updated for the digital age.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Kinda knew much of that, but it still doesn't answer the question I posed.