U.S. tightened its visa screening procedures starting October 1, 2026, expanding the categories subject to social media review to include I, TN and TD visas.
  • RedWeasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    Sounds like a good reason not to use social media, the largest of which are based in the U.S.

    • Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlOP
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      23 hours ago

      if you tell them you don’t have any social media they probably won’t believe you and/or will consider that suspicious in itself

      • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        22 hours ago

        and even if you don’t tell them, they will know. i used to work for a data broker – 12 years ago, so before AI – that was able to identify people despite not divulging it themselves and despite the fact that it was legally mandated to be randomized.