The US embassy in Bangkok announced on Monday that all US visa applicants must set their social media accounts to public for screening.

The US embassy in Bangkok announced on Monday that all US visa applicants must set their social media accounts to public for screening.

The requirement is effective immediately and aims to enable screening to confirm applicants’ identity and legal admissibility, the embassy posted on its Facebook account.

  • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.comEnglish
    93·
    11 hours ago

    to confirm applicants’ identity

    Social media accounts are not official, government-issued and thus not useful for this “stated” purpose.

    Let’s be honest about what this is really about: suppression of criticism.

    • unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish
      9·
      8 hours ago

      Gotta have more data to mine and sell, too… Gotta make a few bucks for the trouble of getting citizenship. “The start of a beautiful relationship” aka the start of monetizing more new data for those AI and big tech.