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[–] menemen@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 hour ago

Lol, now even the dumbest asshole should understand that they should cancle their US vacation...

[–] control@startrek.website 8 points 1 hour ago

Well, that’s one more reason to never come to the USA again

[–] Allemaniac@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

welcome to Autocracy ladies and gentlemen, sit back, grab some popcorn and pay attention to your neighbours, some might start dissappearing soon

[–] Allemaniac@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

football selling out to Qatar who use slave labour and stone gay people to death, now US who hate foreigners and will detain you at random, and being in 2034 in Saudi Arabia, who also hate human rights is just the icing on the cake. I wanted to fly to the US for the world cup, but fuck that, fuck Trump and his cronies across the globe

[–] D_C@lemm.ee 1 points 56 minutes ago* (last edited 55 minutes ago) (1 children)

I legitimately do not, and have never had, any of the usual social media. This lemm.ee account is the only one I have, and that's closing down soon.

However I would also never visit the us. So it's all a win/win for me.

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 1 points 18 minutes ago

I legitimately do not, and have never had, any of the usual social media.

"Well that can't be right. Highly suspicious. What do you have to hide?"

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

What if you don't have social media accounts?

[–] BoycottPro@lemm.ee 12 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This is stupid. This will not stop spies and terrorists, they will just create fake accounts. This will only hurt legitimate immigrants.

[–] FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This is for non immigrant visas it says

[–] BoycottPro@lemm.ee 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

What I said can be applied to any type of visa. The policy is not going to fix anything, it's only going to invade peoples privacy and turn away legitimate visa applicants.

[–] FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr 3 points 5 hours ago

USA being USA

Btw don’t forget to switch instance

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 29 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Seriously, what’s the advantage of having social media? Just seems like a liability with every account.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

If you don’t have social media you must be “hiding” something and will be denied entry.

[–] refalo@programming.dev -1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

will be denied entry

Source:

[–] Allemaniac@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

look at the news, airhead. They detain tourists and journalists for far less nowadays. Even fucking Senators. What else needs to happen for you to wake up?

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Make a fake one that posts like... idk post random tech stuff that you could be reasonably interested in. Make nothing critical of authority. As a decoy profile.

Then you can rant about big brother on an anonymous Lemmy Account over TOR.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago

Finally a killer app for AI. Create social media profiles and use AI agents to populate them with bland uncontroversial drivel.

[–] FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

But a super recent account would be suspicious

You have to do this over a couple years

[–] Allemaniac@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I can see a black market for decade old "clean" social media accounts to bypass the system lmao

[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 14 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

My US visa officer: what do you mean you did not have 'social' media accounts in 5 years? No, these weird sites don't count. Underground terrorist? Straight to gulag.

[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 23 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Sure why not, since my name is Anthony O'Neill. You can find my short form username: Anon.

What could they find? I bet I'm save.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 9 points 11 hours ago

I'm betting on the opposite problem,

We show here you've been VERY active. Please have a seat in this chair until we come for you.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

You can find my short form username: Anon.

What could they find?

Yes, what possible community full of people named "Anon" could they find that would get you in any amount of trouble?

[–] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

4chan. they call each other anon all the time

[–] ter_maxima@jlai.lu 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

"I don't use social media"

[–] FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr 1 points 5 hours ago

If you’re a student, you must have something to hide, as everyone uses social media

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 5 points 9 hours ago

But sir, the form only has space for four!

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 12 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

"Have you ever attempted to overthrow a government by force or violence?"

Non-Citizen MAGAt: sweats profusely

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

"Why? Is the CIA hiring?"

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[–] Grumpyleb@lemmus.org 137 points 19 hours ago (16 children)

America is such a fucking joke it's no longer funny. I wish we could isolate the rest of the world from your madness but unfortunately we can't.

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[–] tamagotchicowboy@hexbear.net 19 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Every social media username? I figure most people are like me and lost most of them.

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[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 10 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

This is why I’ve already deleted basically everything, social media is a cancer that pushes us further and further apart and replaces meaningful interactions with vapid and shallow counterfeit interactions, it’s a net loss for anyone using it at this point.

[–] FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

And soon you will be deleted due to lemm.ee closing

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Meanwhile, you post here :P

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[–] Thebigguy@lemmy.ml 15 points 15 hours ago

I mean they make you sign away your rights and tell them if you’ve ever been affiliated with any one who was in or if you joined a communist party. So this is just another layer on the shit cake.

[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh well, I wouldn't have been welcome anyway, seeing I've had the audacity to be critical of Israeli ~~genocide~~ defense, TACO and Daddy Put-it-in.

Guess I'll go spend my tourist money elsewhere.

[–] FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr 2 points 5 hours ago

Guess I'll go spend my tourist money elsewhere.

Great decision

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Who TF wants to set foot in that shithole banana republic anyway?
Stuff your visa, and return the favor and stay TF out of other people's countries.
That would be a welcome change.

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