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US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas (www.thejournal.ie)

submitted 21 hours ago by cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 28 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (4 children)

And fight we do. I’ve considered myself an activist for almost 30 years now. I thought fighting for marriage equality was gonna be hard. I’m really not looking forward to this.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

The comments are ridiculous.

People: if ThE cOuNTry sUcks, wHy doN'T aMeRiCAns dO anYthiNG aBOut iT?

Also people: LoL siLLy aMeRiCAn, AcTiviSm doESn'T wOrk

We're damned if we do, damned if we don't. Keep fighting the good fight. You've got a good decade on me, but I see you and I'm right there with you. ✊