Become a Patron!

US government starts asking foreign visitors for their Facebook, Twitter and other social...

VUBot

Staff member
Diamond Contributor
ECF Refugee
Vape Media
In a move that has drawn criticisms from privacy groups, the US government this week started to ask some foreign travelers arriving in the country to hand over their social media account details. Since Tuesday, visitors to the US arriving under the visa waiver program have been asked if they will provide "information associated with your online presence". Travellers are prompted to provide their usernames for the likes of Facebook, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube, and while the handing over of information is currently marked as "optional", it's not clear what the consequences of failing to provide it may be,… [Continue Reading]

KiLr8oc4CV0


Continue reading...
 

VU Sponsors

Top