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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: 0.236s | 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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koakuma-chan ◴[18 Jun 25 23:52 UTC] No.44314255[source]▶
What? And which social medias am I required to have a profile on?
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Havoc[dead post] ◴[19 Jun 25 00:07 UTC] No.44314328[source]▶
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koakuma-chan ◴[19 Jun 25 00:25 UTC] No.44314396[source]▶
> this is too insane to be reality

Is reality supposed to be less insane than this? Is this even insane in the first place?

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krapp ◴[19 Jun 25 00:46 UTC] No.44314479[source]▶
Yes, and yes.
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koakuma-chan ◴[19 Jun 25 01:42 UTC] No.44314724[source]▶
Well, the guy was elected democratically, and democracy is supposed to work, right? Where did things go wrong? Why do people elect someone and then complain the person is bad? How do people choose who to vote for? What is even the point of complaining, what are you going to do? Elect someone else next time, so that the same thing happens? Revolt? Good luck with that.

What makes you think the world has ever been sane? Tell me what I'm missing, please.

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1. creata ◴[19 Jun 25 07:18 UTC] No.44316295[source]▶
> Well, the guy was elected democratically, and democracy is supposed to work, right?

No, democracy is not supposed to "work" 100% of the time without fail. It obviously depends on the context, and the details of how that particular democracy is implemented.