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As a Canadian, I won't be travelling to the Republic of Gilead anytime soon. That country is becoming worse by the minute.

And since Americans think I'm Latino (I'm not), I don't want to be shipped to El Salvador.

Uhhhh, it's more than their social media.

The new proposal would make it "mandatory" for ESTA applicants to provide US authorities with access to five years of their social media activity on platforms such as Instagram, TikTok and X.

Visitors will also be required to provide information on what US authorities dub "high-value data fields," meaning all of their phone numbers over the past five years and all of their e-mail addresses over the past 10. Moreover, they will be forced to provide personal details on family members as well as provide their own biometric data.

The proposal was published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, meaning that it will be open for public comment for 60 days, at which point it will become law unless challenged in court.

Been there twice, it was interesting and already shocking in 2008.

You US Americans should visit Europe or live there for a while. Then you can decide to come back or stay but you'll have at least a reference point in your brain that things can be different and maybe that the US isn't the greatest country in the world in all fields.

Oh, man. Anyone else remember how Republicans used to threaten to exercise their 2A rights in response to filling out a basic census report?

Yeah. I miss the days when those folks were considered the standard for "Conservative values". They were practically antifa back then.

If the Dems aren't running on abolishing ICE and completely dismantling the police state, now, they're setting up to throw the 2028 election.

Do not visit the US

So does the US just want to totally kill its tourist industry because that seems to be the objective.

Well, that's definitelly going to solve the fall in Tourism problem in the US /s

So what happens when you truthfully state "I don't use social media"? Or use any that are mainstream?

Seems like a dumb time to me.

Trying to isolate the country from what used to be our allies, then take away all our rights and turn this degrading shithole into North Korea where the citizens are law bound to kiss their "leaders" ass and pretend it doesn't fucking stink.

Visitors will also be required to provide information on what US authorities dub “high-value data fields,” meaning all of their phone numbers over the past five years and all of their e-mail addresses over the past 10. Moreover, they will be forced to provide personal details on family members as well as provide their own biometric data.

That's an entry ban for many people here. I do not know in which forums I posted some questions back in Dec 2020. I totally do not know the numbers of those prepaid sims I used while traveling 2016 till 2019. I used their mobile data and they have been in the trash for a decade. I also do not not every trash mail, mail redirect and mail service I have used since 2015. That must be hundreds of adresses.

Is anyone really surprised by the further restrictions on the free speech by the fascist regime?

What surprises me is how much Americans are willing to take or how self-absorbed and blind they are as to what is happening.

First it was illegal immigrants. Then any immigrants. Now legal visitors, not even immigrants. Next it will be citizens, absolutely guaranteed.

They are already being targeted by the ICE and the government is working on plans to label citizens as domestic terrorists if they oppose the president.

But yeah, I'm sure using the ICE whistles and honking at the Nazi police as they abduct your family and friends is gonna solve the problem.

It's amazing how much the US doesn't want you to go there, even if it's just to visit.

Despite all the mediocrity, there are some things to see there, but if that's the authorities' attitude (and this here is not the first example of it), yeah, I think I'll skip.

People, PLEASE stop coming to America. The government doesn’t want you here. Also, it’s not safe at all.

Lol, what tourists

Fascism.

Ok, idea, The rest of the world demands access to 5 years of US citizens social media to enter their countries. Deny Nazi/Fash/Maga from leaving the US.

yeah, because tourism is doing so well now, we need more reasons to fuck over the industry

I am surprised the tourism industry is taking this so well. I mean Trump and company are literally doing anything they can to kill it off.

One of my relative was stuck in us borders because he didn't have social media pages to his name so they thought he was a terrorist.

This was in 2021 I believe.

This made me scared to go even before the orange man came back.

"I don't use social media, and I don't have an email."

If this shit passes, the EU should apply the same rule and when we find a fucking MAGAt, stamp "Entry Denied and Fuck Off!"

I decided to never return to the US after they brought in mandatory fingerprinting. It's progressed so much further now. Land of the free*

Don't worry about it! The Democrats will oppose this and get it kicked out for being un American. And if they don't succeed then all you have to do is wait until they get back into office and they'll executive order it straight outta town in an instant.....

Right?

So much freedom of speech

reason #2 why I would never visit that country

(#1 is the mass shootings and gun mania)

(tbh the only thing I'd want to visit to begin with are the giant sequoia in California)