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New US visa rules will force foreign students to unlock social media profiles (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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“To facilitate this vetting, all applicants for F, M and J non-immigrant visas will be asked to adjust the privacy settings on all their social media profiles to ‘public’”, the official said. “The enhanced social media vetting will ensure we are properly screening every single person attempting to visit our country.”

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[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Biden didn't seem to care if you called him a "Demented Old Man"

This current administration is led by a crybaby

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Both claims are true.