Still think America is a"free" country?

Or it could prevent those that are using Facebook to recruit to ISIS from entering the country.

America has never been a "free" country. It has always existed for the rich, by the rich, and of the rich.

Maybe it's because the last few administrations has allowed anyone to enter this country. Better screening process could have prevented 9/11

Ha ha well I am screwed then! Seriously, this is big brother gone mad.. Americans go on about freedom.. and I get that.. but this move is a serious step down the road of freedom.. And hey, how about all the other countries do the same.. although in fairness many Americans don't travel outside the States?

They asked me for this years ago. This isn't a new policy and it's not restricted to the US.

No, I never thought it's a free country. But to me giving out social media accounts doesn't restrict freedom anymore than listing your parents and grandparents full names and their judicial records along yours for a visa. It's a matter of priorities, which is more detrimental to freedom? Not getting a visa because your social media mentions ISIS or getting to jail because you refuse to wear the scarf or fast in ramadan, or ...etc.

Oh shut up...
Heaven forbid potential threats give up their identity..
God damn you sound like a moron..

I never use my real name for anything online except job-hunting and buying things.

I use one email account for those purposes. If the brownshirts question me about social media, that is the email account I’ll give them. I’ll just neglect to mention other email accounts and social media accounts where I don’t use my real name.

I think Trump want to be king or something like that. Saying anything negative about him would be treasonous if he has his way.

What would happen if you do not have a social-media account?

Or you have two, three or more, with a different user-name for each?

Or if you use only a small, special-interest forum, perfectly respectable but unlikely to be on some CIA-approved list? At least its existence would be easy to verify, if the visa-application official is allowed more initiative than the average database-jockey.

What though would happen if an applicant genuinely just does not use any forum or chat-site - perhaps chooses not to use the Internet? Would he or she simply not be allowed to visit the USA even for a holiday?

Coming soon.....a loyalty oath.

It's only visa applicants now...It will be everyone later. Trump has said in the past that the internet should be censored. Funny how Trumpers don't object to that when under Obama they'd have had pitchforks outside the WH if it had become policy.

And conservatives were scared of the NSA. Those of us who lean left of center are used to this. J. Edgar Hoover regularly monitored people involved in the Civil Rights Movement, organized labor, and of course, anyone self identified in liberal, progressive or even Socialist or Communist groups (even though none of that is [b]illegal[/b]). So this will not be new to us, although it’s pretty hypocritical of the so-called “Conservative First Amendment” champions.

The precaution is simple - irrespective of new US laws, if you are concerned about your privacy don't use sites like Facebook; and use search sites like Google with discretion and if possible so you don't suggest any particular patterns likely to interest their advertising-agency clients.

Outlook recently started to allow you to select which advertising agencies' cookies you allow. When I saw there are hundreds of these blighters, I select "All Off". You need to this every time you turn on Outlook, because if it saves your settings at all as it invites, it does so only for that session. It takes only about 4 clicks!

Would you like some more milk for your pussy? You’re the paranoid one.

Isn't that a great thing that I'm not active on any of those.

Also, isn't it a great thing that the Trump administration announced that after they gave me the visa.

This was already in place 2 years ago...
...it's actually one of the reasons I don't want to go to the us anymore

Nothing surprises me anymore

its more about security. whats there to hide hmmm? so many people now a days use online in terms of threats or even terror group activity.

if it's not free, tell me why all these illegals are crossing our borders? Why are they coming here?????

Google Facebook Microsoft are tracking every post you make. Click here to allow Google to access Pictures and Location.

How would they know?

"Oh, no sir, I've never even heard of Similar Worlds"

fake news

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