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

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felineflock ◴[19 Jun 25 00:27 UTC] No.44314400[source]▶

I will spend this weekend creating burner social media accounts for my kids as a precaution. Each one will be crafted to look like they've never had a controversial thought in their lives.

Just lasagna pics, birthday cakes, kittens, golden retrievers, baby goats, maybe an artsy photo of a leaf with #blessed.

Everything I can do so that an AI running immigration background checks might match my kids to the profile of a low threat, emotionally well-regulated, consumer-minded citizen material.

Absolutely no pictures of Winnie the Pooh to keep China travel option open too.

I welcome any tips. Someone here must have cracked the code to be completely unremarkable and "wholesome" to governments.

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tenpies ◴[19 Jun 25 01:02 UTC] No.44314557[source]▶

>>44314400 #

What method are you using to predict what future governments won't find offensive/illegal?

Short of time travel, this seems impossible.

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1. felineflock ◴[19 Jun 25 02:35 UTC] No.44314934[source]▶

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Yes, it is not possible. We can't predict but can follow the trends. Governments tend to want to be seen as a god-like entity protector/judge of all. So they hate satire or anything that means they're not being taken seriously. Just recently Brazil decided to jail a comedian, for instance.

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