State Department will now require all visa applicants to provide social media accounts as Trump's...

Just seems this could be used to inure us to the trampling of our rights down the road.

They know no bounds... only the 'worthy' will get to travel

by the way they vote, or choose not to vote, it seems many just don't care. As some of my friends have said, America had a good run of it after WWII, but over the years, especially since the mid-eighties, has been going downhill.

which is legal in Canada, and a yes answer will get you blocked from entry.

Anyone who might run into border guards would be wise to have a burner cell phone and no puters on them.

There was a harrowing account by a journalist who recently got stopped going into Mexico at the Tijuana crossing, hauled out of his car, by OUR Border Patrol, intensely searched, they took his wallet and his driver's license, a Border guard took a picture of his driver's license with the the guard's own cellphone, he was interrogated rudely about what he was writing about in Mexico, who was he seeing, where, etc.
the reporter said he was shaking with rage by the time they let him go, but also shock that they can do this.

We have an American friend who visits us. Lives most of the time in Mexico. He flies into Houston from Mexico, picks up a rental car, drives east on I-10.
He was here in Feb. this year, and reported that as he passed a rest stop, a cop pulled him over ( rental car tags are suspicious to them) and the minute he showed his Mexico drivers license, the cop hit the radio and within 5 minutes 2 border Patrol vehicles showed up...they had been in the rest stop.
They demanded to know about any drugs, ignored his answers, searched the car including removing the back seats, and were not polite.
Our friend is well over 60, fortunately is is also very smart, so knew to downplay any outraged.
also was smart enough to not call attention to the vape pen in his shirt pocket, which they had ignored.

the minute I heard of bush's Homeland Security, and imposing TSA on us, it was obvious how this creeping eroding of privacy would end up.
It won't be just foreigners who have to give up all their social media information.

This IS how democracy erodes.

when he had the chance with the house and Senate locked down.

I was angry when Bush did all that and saddened when it was renewed.

This crap makes me so angry when I think about it.

just slip it in there when you apply.

..the process has changed.

oh hell no!

have no constitutional protections. See gitmo.

Concerning having to disclose your social media data, which has also been discussed pertaining to job applicants and criminal suspects, and now visa requests — why not just deny having it? How could anyone tell?
As an example, I dont have a Facebook or twitter account.

....if you refuse to give your passwords they will just kick you out. That is my take on it

And get a cheap temporary one when you get here.
Or delete the apps, and reset your phone so user names and passwords aren’t in it.
Maybe I’m missing something.

Why should anyone have to?

Giving access to your accounts when applying for a visa if you knew that info was going to cause you a problem.

As much as I would like things to be different, at the moment this is what is happening.
If I need to use the border crossing, then the objective is to get past the bullies in the quickest way possible.

Mail your phone and /or computer to your destination. Use a burner in between.

Vote Democrat when the time comes, and hope every voting citizen who was mauled, insulted, offended at the border will do the same.

when filling out an application...

If Trump wins another term or refuses to step down our government will be monitoring online activity and may start acting on it. It won’t be remotely constitutional but what is this it administration doing right now that is remotely constitutional?

The Justice Department is refusing to comply with a valid court order. Wrap your head around that for a minute.

I think there is no choice but to impeach.

ETA: Could lead to mass surveillance. May also be used to screen immigrants according to their political leanings.

for their passports.
This is an invasion of privacy