04-05-2017 20:30 via theverge.com

State Department plan would require some visa applicants to list social media handles

The Department of State has proposed asking a small number of visa applicants to supply five years’ worth of social media handles, email addresses, and phone numbers, Reuters reports. The change would affect applicants “who have been determined to warrant additional scrutiny in connection with terrorism or other national security-related visa ineligibilities,” which would supposedly apply to 65,000 applicants a year. They would not need to provide passwords to the listed accoun
Read more »