US demands social media details from visa applicants

Re:US demands social media details from visa applicants by pooya13 on Monday June 03, 2019 @12:13AM (#20080352)

>> Do you seek to engage in espionage ... while in the United States?

>> Do you seek to engage in terrorist activities while in the United States?

Who are they hoping to catch with these questions? Honest spies and terrorists? Or maybe they hope to say in court: “You committed a terrorist attack sir, but even worst is that you lied about it on the form!!”

All jokes aside I think these questions are designed for psychological effects to promote the messaging that US is in a never ending war on terror.

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Re:US demands social media details from visa applicants by conanbatt on Monday June 03, 2019 @07:48AM (#20082189)

The questions are meant to add perjury to the indictment when they catch you for a real crime.

To verify my thesis i would see what are the effective conviction times between foreigners and citizens and expect the latter to get harsher convictions on this alone.

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