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

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523 points sva_ | 2 comments | 18 Jun 25 23:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.56s | source
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angst ◴[18 Jun 25 23:50 UTC] No.44314242[source]▶
also, "lack of a social media profile could prompt US visa denial"

source https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/study/now-lack-of-a...

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grg0 ◴[19 Jun 25 00:49 UTC] No.44314499[source]▶
That is really sad, especially for people here, because the kind of people who dwell on HN are likely to specifically avoid creating much of a public profile on account of their increased knowledge and perception of these systems.

Time to go study in Europe, folks.

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TZubiri ◴[19 Jun 25 04:06 UTC] No.44315338[source]▶
Not even a linkedin? Bluesky,A google maps thingy? Not even an FSF subscription and GNU social account?

You have the freedom to be off the grid, but the states have the freedom to reject your entry.

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1. riedel ◴[19 Jun 25 05:24 UTC] No.44315700[source]▶
I think nobody is screaming here that this particular action is illegal, as I read the comments. However, there is many things governments can do, that can be considered (under different subjective considerations) unethical, following a hidden agenda or plainly stupid. My personal decision at the moment is that I do not travel to the US. Which means that at times our papers are not presented at US conferences because my PhD students don't get visa (even unrelated to the current ban). I think the US will survive this particular loss though.
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2. grg0 ◴[19 Jun 25 18:34 UTC] No.44321273[source]▶
That sounds terrible. Do you think the US can recover from this if these policies extend for the full 4-year presidential period?