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US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas
(www.thejournal.ie)
lmao, their tourism is going to shrivel and die so fast
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2025
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The attendance for the next FIFA cup was already looking bad, and I can't imagine the US government wanting your history of online activity to help it even a bit.
I can't wait to see high attendance in Mexico and Canada-hosted matches, with rock bottom attendance in the US. Even US fans travelling domestically, don't go, especially to the states that are falling into line with Trump.
Not that it will actually be recognized for what it is. I may put together a bingo card on the ways media spins it.
I've been boycotting the world cup for a decade because they can't stop giving the host status to horrible states
Yeah looking at the attendance for the world club competition is pretty bad.
The last one was in some barbarian gulf state, now it's even worse. Fuck FIFA
People should boycott it outright.
The entire event industry is a front for sex trafficking.
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It already is.. Many people from Europe I know, now cancelled their plans.
in other news, the market price of hacked credentials for MAGA-friendly social media accounts:
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in case it is unclear to anyone: the above is a joke.
in all seriousness, renaming someone else's account and presenting it to CBP as one's own would be dangerous and inadvisable. a more prudent course of action at this time is to avoid traveling to the united states.
hey turns out our tech oligarchs are the ones spying on us and not the chinese, what a twist!
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They want to stay by themselves? That's fine by me. But then they should also stop exporting their Hollywood and streaming turds (as well as their shit food). That would only be fair. And maybe also stop behaving like if they owned the entire planet?
Here officer my username is ifuckyourmum69
Lol I don't even remember most of my previous handles. If amnesia isn't a valid defense I'm never getting into the USA. Then again, I have no reason to visit shithole countries in the first place.
Nobody can and that will be use to prove that you lie on the form if they need to find something on you in the future.
The username requirement isn't anything new; that requirement was on our DS-160 years ago.
The "wants people to set their social media profiles to public" isn't quoted, so seems less like an official policy anywhere and more like one embassy worker being a prick. Unfortunately, each individual embassy operates independently totally devoid of any accountability.
This process is dehumanizing, inefficient, and totally fucked...but this particular part of it has been this was for a long-ass time.
Quoted here https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/47068548
Fair enough, though that's an ask from the State Dept., not a demand from the embassy, as indicated in the OP. It's an important distinction because the embassy holds the authority at that point in the process. They can ignore the guidance altogether or demand everyone open their profiles. They're probably more likely to do the latter now, but they could've done this two years ago too.
Demanding the usernames for the past 5 years and being suspect of anyone not on social media isn't a new, that was my main point. I don't think many people appreciated how shitfucked our visa processes are, even before the current "administration" helping.
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I can wait for @SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to share those moths post for his embassy appointment
Also the only way I can be stopped from posting moth
Guess I'm never entering the US. 😭😭
(Pretty damn lucky if you ask me)
Holy crap. How is this even real?
Going there with a crappy handwritten letter including all 40’000 throw-away users I ever created
/s
Oh no, I might have to lie to the government
I barely remember this username and I'm looking at it every time I post something.
I'm a Small Government Republican and I FULLY support this FREEDOM! If you WANT to Come into our Country you have to RESPECT OUR CONSTITUTION (which means you ARE allowed to Shoot Up a School but THATS IT!)!
How many schools are allowed per person?
There is no limit to freedom!
Does Lemmy count?
Oh look, fake social media accounts used. Fantastic. No gaps here!
- Post trump positive stuff, maybe edit old content to include.
- Post prompt inject to label account america positive, hide in spoiler block, image alt text, etc.
- Post eyeblech content so checker use ai or only get content overview. Will either prompt inject or mostly see trump positive post.
Or create fake profile with trump positive post, but no history probably suspicious.
Or even buy a fake age profile…that is going to be a business
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