| Jon, “extreme digital vetting” could be about to get a lot worse in the U.S. The Trump administration has proposed a new rule that would force every single person who needs a visa to enter the U.S. for tourism or immigration to provide five years of social media history.1 That’s 14.7 million people per year — tourists, business travellers, students, academics, and potential immigrants — who will face bureaucrats hired by ICE scouring through everything they've posted online to qualify for a visa.2 It’s a proposal with extreme consequences for the tourist and travel industry, and could lead to reciprocal rules in other countries for American travellers. But most importantly, it would have a massive chilling effect on freedom of expression for everyone around the world. It sends a message that at any point, governments could change the rules to make anything anyone has ever tweeted or instagrammed a basis for making decisions about their ability to visit, work in, or move to another country. Our first step in fighting this is to get as many voices on record at the public consultation that will decide whether this rule goes forward or not. Can you leave a comment against this new proposal?
Now we are seeing it expanded to every single person who needs a visa to visit the U.S. If we don’t stop this proposal now, we could see even more extreme measures in the future.
There is simply no doubt that the real effect of this rule on free speech is that people will be afraid to post opinions that are critical of the U.S. administration or policies online. Internet users everywhere are at risk of self-censorship. We need to stand up together to protect our privacy and freedom of expression.
Victoria at OpenMedia PS. Even short individual comments with personal arguments are much more impactful than multiple identical comments. Taking action on this is more than a simple click, but I’ve also prepared some easy notes to help you leave your comment on our action page. Thank you again! Footnotes: [1] State Dept. Wants to Expand Social Media Collection to All Visa Applicants: EFF [2] State Department may force all US visa applicants to disclose social media accounts: TechRepublic [3] ACLU Comment on Supplemental Questions for Visa Applicants: ACLU |
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