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

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523 points sva_ | 1 comments | 18 Jun 25 23:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.22s | 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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colinbartlett ◴[19 Jun 25 00:04 UTC] No.44314314[source]▶
Absolutely insane. Until recently, I had none. Now I at least have a LinkedIn account. My mother has no social media at all.
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wombatpm ◴[19 Jun 25 03:02 UTC] No.44315074[source]▶
New business idea- AI powered burner profiles. Company starts building generic profiles that follow acceptable account, occasionally likes some or posts some lame LLM generated posts. Some point in the future company sells you access to the account.
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TZubiri ◴[19 Jun 25 04:07 UTC] No.44315343[source]▶
That's against ToS, you are on the wrong ethical side. This is the technology and behaviour patterns that fraudsters use, you would be indistinguishable from an enemy .
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1. wombatpm ◴[19 Jun 25 05:49 UTC] No.44315824[source]▶
What’s the violation again? Automating account activity? Liking stupid cat pictures? Following mid tier influencers? Having vanilla posts?

I’m not engaging in click fraud or attempting to monetize an account illegally. And it’s certainly doing what anyone could do on their own. Or is everyone 100% honest on social media all of the time?