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cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas

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US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas

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cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' on new visa applications
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The move has been heavily criticised by Taoiseach Micheál Martin who described it as “excessive”.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/457134

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  • It'sbetterwithbutter@lemmus.org
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    America is such a fucking joke it’s no longer funny. I wish we could isolate the rest of the world from your madness but unfortunately we can’t.

    • floo@retrolemmy.comBanned
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      • It'sbetterwithbutter@lemmus.org
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        As a Middle Easterner, I genuinely feel sorry for the non maga Americans, but unfortunately that’s your fight to fight.

        Good luck.

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          • Bloomcole@lemmy.world
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            “And fight we do” LOL

            Unleash the devastating power of the Kumbaya warchant on your little stroll to the streets!
            The regime will crumble before your eyes.

        • Bloomcole@lemmy.world
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          That’s 5% max.
          The Blue MAGA are just as bad for the world, they only cry now bcs they’re getting a taste of their own shit domestically.

    • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
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      As a Native American this attitude would be a lot more understandable and palatable if America wasn’t colonized…

      • It'sbetterwithbutter@lemmus.org
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        I totally understand your sentiment. Undoubtedly the USA is built on stolen land, much like Israel.

        • blackbrook@mander.xyz
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          All of history is one people taking over another peoples land. I’m not saying its right, but in virtually any part of the world there is a history of some invader or colonizer coming in and displacing or swallowing up the existing people, probably multiple times, down through prehistory as well.

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    • [鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works
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    • childOfMagenta@jlai.lu
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      You can need a visa for tourism.

      • Chais@sh.itjust.works
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        People want to travel to the USA still? Bizarre.

  • shneancy@lemmy.world
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    lmao, their tourism is going to shrivel and die so fast

    • Gen_Euffe@sh.itjust.works
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      The attendance for the next FIFA cup was already looking bad, and I can’t imagine the US government wanting your history of online activity to help it even a bit.

      • Bloomcole@lemmy.world
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        The last one was in some barbarian gulf state, now it’s even worse. Fuck FIFA

  • ghosthacked@lemmy.wtf
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    This is kind of stupid. I don’t even remember social media tags I’ve used. Who would want to go through this shit to get into redneckville?

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      This was explained to me years ago. They don’t give a fuck about what you said. They want you to lie, in case they need to fuck you up. If for some reason they want to screw you, they’ll look for these uids, and if you hadn’t declared, they’ll slap perjury charges on you.

    • JacksonLamb@lemmy.world
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      Exactly, they are talking about dozens of names. Who on earth would remember that, let alone want to share it.

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    This is stupid. This will not stop spies and terrorists, they will just create fake accounts. This will only hurt legitimate immigrants.

    • FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr
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      This is for non immigrant visas it says

      • BoycottPro@lemm.ee
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        What I said can be applied to any type of visa. The policy is not going to fix anything, it’s only going to invade peoples privacy and turn away legitimate visa applicants.

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    Of course, how would they know if you don’t list any? Oh, that’s right, PRISM. Fully expect that people who don’t have social media accounts to get accused of having them simply because someone else shares the same name and did say First Amendment protected stuff, like Donald Trump is a terrible fucking president and should be impeached.

    Sorry person with the last name Erdude. I guess you aren’t getting into the US now.

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    Seriously, what’s the advantage of having social media? Just seems like a liability with every account.

    • [鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works
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      • FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr
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        But a super recent account would be suspicious

        You have to do this over a couple years

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          I can see a black market for decade old “clean” social media accounts to bypass the system lmao

  • cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    Here officer my username is ifuckyourmum69

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    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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      “Why? Is the CIA hiring?”

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      No, we were actually liberating it from oppression.

      • [鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works
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        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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          if they successfully fully take over, those same supporters now become the new threat

          Quite a few of the current crop of deputized ICE agents are MAGA goons from four years ago. So long as you’re actively doing the gruesome work of ethnic cleansing, you’ll be given a pass.

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    Good thing I delete that crap 10+ years ago. Enjoy the shitty data and memes!

    • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
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      Same, but it worries me that now I look like I’m hiding something.

      I guess technically I am hiding something: It’s disdain. Disdain for shitty social media is what I’m hiding.

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    What if you don’t have social media accounts?

    • ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world
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      Right to jail

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    They want to stay by themselves? That’s fine by me. But then they should also stop exporting their Hollywood and streaming turds (as well as their shit food). That would only be fair. And maybe also stop behaving like if they owned the entire planet?

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    Ideologically unaligned visitors need not apply. Got to keep America pure, without the pesky freedom of subversive thought.

    • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
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      It’s a chance for everyone visitors to practice right think.

      While looking for a link, I found links that make me think some folks are trying to unironically reclaim the term “right think”. Gross.

      Too many people aren’t reading 1984 anymore, while billionaires thought it was a “how to” guide.

  • tamagotchicowboy [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Every social media username? I figure most people are like me and lost most of them.

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    I legitimately do not, and have never had, any of the usual social media. This lemm.ee account is the only one I have, and that’s closing down soon.

    However I would also never visit the us. So it’s all a win/win for me.

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      I legitimately do not, and have never had, any of the usual social media.

      “Well that can’t be right. Highly suspicious. What do you have to hide?”

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