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Student visa applicants will now be forced to make their social media accounts public (reason.com)
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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 week ago (6 children)

make social media private

say "i don't have social media"

problem solved.

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)
  • gets rejected at the border because officer doesn't believe person doesn't have social media accounts
  • ???
  • no profit
[–] wastelandpilot@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

I imagine this is what will happen even though it's absurd. Like it's actively going to become detrimental to not be trackable via an online presence connected to your identity because there are people who are mad that you won't let them invade your privacy. Lol

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