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Want a Student Visa? The U.S. Government Needs Your Vine Account. (theintercept.com)

submitted 1 day ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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How are student visa applicants supposed to share their social media accounts on platforms that haven’t existed in years, like Google+ and Vine?

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[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago (4 children)

People who don’t have social media accounts regularly get accused of lying by border agents and turned away. There were a couple such stories in the news recently about Germans who were denied entry due to not having social media.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

probably easy to make a fake one, and you support trump or putin, but not actually believe in it.

[–] spunow@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

“Yes, the only social media I have is TruthSocial. All other platforms are too woke”

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you are also white, not only will you be granted entry, you'll also immediately get citizenship.

[–] madlian@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 day ago

And a job at the White House with Big Balls