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Blaze@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 9 months ago

You Shouldn’t Have to Make Your Social Media Public to Get a Visa

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You Shouldn’t Have to Make Your Social Media Public to Get a Visa

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Blaze@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 9 months ago
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The Trump administration is continuing its dangerous push to surveil and suppress foreign students’ social media activity. The State Department recently announced an unprecedented new requirement that applicants for student and exchange visas must set all social media accounts to “public” for...
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    9 months ago

    Ez solution: don’t go there

    • IceFoxX@lemmy.world
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      and best solution.

    • Wooki@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Even better.

      Dont go. & delete your accounts.

      Getting out from behind the screen and being present in the world around you will do lots for mental health, relationships, and give you back a lot of free time.

      • staircase@programming.dev
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        even better, maintain an account that’s complete lies to throw off their algorithm

        (don’t do this - your life matters)

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        Doesn’t Lemmy also count as social media?

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