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US border authority seeks travellers' social media details
Source: BBC
US border authority seeks travellers' social media details
By Chris Baraniuk
Technology reporter
28 June 2016 Technology
Travellers seeking visa waiver entry to the US may soon be asked to list their social media profiles - if a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposal is enacted.
An update to application forms would ask users to identify what social networks they use and their "social media identifier" such as a username.
However, revealing this information would be "optional".
The changes would affect Esta and Form I-94W applications.
The proposal was added to the Federal Register by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), part of the DHS, last Thursday.
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By Chris Baraniuk
Technology reporter
28 June 2016 Technology
Travellers seeking visa waiver entry to the US may soon be asked to list their social media profiles - if a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposal is enacted.
An update to application forms would ask users to identify what social networks they use and their "social media identifier" such as a username.
However, revealing this information would be "optional".
The changes would affect Esta and Form I-94W applications.
The proposal was added to the Federal Register by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), part of the DHS, last Thursday.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36650857
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