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

(www.theguardian.com)
523 points sva_ | 1 comments | 18 Jun 25 23:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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seanmcdirmid ◴[19 Jun 25 01:11 UTC] No.44314590[source]▶
What does this mean for China? You should be sharing your WeChat messages not just with your friends and family, but also with Donald Trump? Its not like you have a facebook page, and Wechat doesn't really work like Facebook (it isn't really suited to wide spread sharing, although some people try to do that).
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FabHK ◴[19 Jun 25 03:02 UTC] No.44315073[source]▶
Your WeChat is already shared with the Chinese government, so you're just sharing with one more.
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1. seanmcdirmid ◴[19 Jun 25 06:09 UTC] No.44315911[source]▶
But the American government doesn’t have a special account, they want it to be “public.”