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New US visa rules will force foreign students to unlock social media profiles

(www.theguardian.com)
523 points sva_ | 5 comments | 18 Jun 25 23:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.634s | source
1. vjvjvjvjghv ◴[18 Jun 25 23:55 UTC] No.44314273[source]▶
How many foreigners, illegal or not, are committing crimes? And how much could be found out from social media? This seems extremely paranoid.

On the other hand, maybe this will lead to people putting less stuff on social media. This would probably be a net positive.

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2. ◴[19 Jun 25 04:10 UTC] No.44315353[source]▶
3. lucubratory ◴[19 Jun 25 04:41 UTC] No.44315500[source]▶
It's not intended to detect crimes, it's intended to detect pro-Palestinian political sentiment & deny entry to anyone who has posted that way.
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4. foogazi ◴[19 Jun 25 05:15 UTC] No.44315655[source]▶
A purity test
5. afroboy ◴[19 Jun 25 14:50 UTC] No.44319214[source]▶
Plantarir CEO spoke about the danger of non controlled social media like Tiktok that encouraged people to speak about the genocide happening in Palestine.