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Korean students seek 'digital undertakers' amid US visa social media screening

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64 points djoldman | 4 comments | 24 Jun 25 19:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.989s | source
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jan_Sate ◴[28 Jun 25 10:50 UTC] No.44403737[source]▶
I don't get why the US thought that it'd be a good idea to vet social media accounts for visa applications. If someone's having ill intent, one could easily create a burner account and fill in some random content for the sake of getting thru the visa application. Or they could even just purchase an account somewhere on the internet.

Sad to see what US has become.

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zeroCalories ◴[28 Jun 25 11:12 UTC] No.44403835[source]▶
The goal isn't to stop terrorism, or drug trafficking, etc. It's to curb opposition. There's very little difference between someone that's anti-american but keeps their opinions to themself, and someone that has no opinions. Why do you think China cracks down on speech? Is it for shits-and-giggles?
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15155 ◴[28 Jun 25 12:04 UTC] No.44404059[source]▶
> anti-american but keeps their opinions to themself, and someone that has no opinions

Why do we need to be admitting anti-American individuals to this country for any reason whatsoever?

News flash: visas are a privilege, not a right.

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jlebar ◴[28 Jun 25 12:13 UTC] No.44404124[source]▶
Who gets to define what is anti-American?

Perhaps you think it's anti-American to believe that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza. Perhaps I think it's anti-American to believe that the Jan 6 rioters should have been pardoned.

Whose purity test should we apply?

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IG_Semmelweiss ◴[28 Jun 25 12:35 UTC] No.44404261[source]▶
The majority of the people's opinion.

Which elected a democratically-elected representative.

That is how democracies work.

If there's anything the executive has power over besides commander in chief, it would be leader in chief of defining what is actually, American.

The fact that prior presidents have actually abdicated this important role, doesn't mean it didn't exist. This is why traditions of the State of the Union, etc exist. The executive gets to call the plays towards unity for Americanism.

This is what foreign countries do as well.

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1. zinodaur ◴[28 Jun 25 14:05 UTC] No.44404776[source]▶
And next time the Democrats get elected they will filter out all the right wing professors/students, and this will make you happy?
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2. IG_Semmelweiss ◴[28 Jun 25 15:08 UTC] No.44405216[source]▶
discriminating in employment due to one's affiliation is illegal in state and federal employment [1]. That does not mean one can break ToS and for example, publish on a massive public platform, your private opinion (which can be misconstrued as your employer's). Most employers have ToS against online activity during employment, for that reason.

It is also illegal to do the same for students. [2]

Faculty is already protected under tenure rules. And even for the nontenured, who really needs protecting ? Only 5.7% of all faculty are registered as conservative as of 2020 [3]

My point remains. "Filtering out" is illegal. Setting the stage on what is american, is not.

[1] https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/political-aff...

[2] https://www.nysasa.org/index.php/news/6558-schools-cannot-en...

[3] https://www.thecollegefix.com/democratic-professors-outnumbe...

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3. JumpCrisscross ◴[28 Jun 25 16:29 UTC] No.44405950[source]▶
> next time the Democrats get elected they will filter out all the right wing professors/students, and this will make you happy

Yes, actually. We have the precedent. Both for the action and for these people being dangerous to our safety and civil society.

4. JumpCrisscross ◴[28 Jun 25 16:29 UTC] No.44405960[source]▶
> for the nontenured, who really needs protecting ? Only 5.7% of all faculty are registered as conservative

Plenty of right wingers are granted visas to spread nonsense in America. It would make sense to put them on visa bans.