U.S. now can ask travelers for Facebook, Twitter handles

Re:U.S. now can ask travelers for Facebook, Twitter handles by giobox on Friday June 02, 2017 @11:41AM (#14470703)

I don't think this is what concerns most people at all - a bigger concern is how broadly defined whatever measure they use for "anti-American" social media posts is.

There's no shortage of harmless anti-Trump social media posting throughout the world - how long before we read a press story covering someone who tweeted a tame criticism of the president being denied entry? Twelve months ago I'd have found the idea hard to believe; today, not so much.

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Re:U.S. now can ask travelers for Facebook, Twitter handles by xaviex on Friday June 02, 2017 @03:05PM (#14472518)

I absoultely agree that this is a horrible ivasion of privacy and that thinking of this happening sounded crazy months ago, yet now i wouldnt be surprised, my appologies if my tone was off in the original comment, the point i was making is that this is only going to hurt the people who have done no actual harm

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