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[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (7 children)

You think it's going to stop there? US citizens will soon have to do the same, or be on the no fly list.

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[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why not just ban tourism. Wouldn't that be easier?

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 1 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Relevant

I wouldn't be surprised if that's what's next.

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[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Not that I'd ever go to that shithole but what fucking social media?

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We have already postponed our Disney trip until the cheeto is gone.

I am prepared to go to Europe or Japan instead though if America can't figure its issues out.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 72 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Ok so if I have to travel to the US for work, I will now require my employer to give me a burner phone with a burner number.

How will they prove that I have any social media history?

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you can't prove Social Media history, you don't get in, they arrest you, and deport you without due process to a life sentence in an El Salvador torture prison where you'll never be heard from again.

Just tell your employer you're not going.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 46 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It depends on their relationship with the social media companies. There's a good chance companies like Meta have already given the authorities a lot of data on their users. US law enforcement might already know about some of your accounts based on your identity, and then claiming you have none might not work well.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My employer issues us with a wiped laptop that we can restore from cloud storage over our VPN once we're in-country. Before we return, we back it up and scrub it again. When I go to the US, I always bring a low-functioning burner phone as well.

How will they prove that I have any social media history?

Hard to say what the US government knows, or admits to knowing, about your social media usage. I almost completely stopped using social media a few years ago, except for Lemmy, and overwrote all my posts with lorem ipsum, as well as never having accessed it before that without using a VPN and doing some other obfuscation, so it'd take some effort to associate me with anything but some boring Facebook and LinkedIn updates I maintain so that certain people can still get in touch with me.

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 33 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Have you heard about 'age verification' to 'protect the children'? You too will be age verified. They will know all your accounts. That's the whole point of age verification. It is to eliminate anonymity.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Every app that asks for my face I either don't sign up or turn on the VPN.

Although the airport takes a face scan now so maybe it's a moot point

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[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's like getting banned from smacking my own balls with a hammer.

Oh noes!

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You realize that you don't have to go to Florida?

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I guess I'm going have to get some sort of Social Media account that I don't currently use, and keep up with fake postings, just so I have something to show the Redhats when they stop my on the street and say "Ihre papiere, bitte!"

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[–] EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Even after Trump is gone, I'm determined to never say foot in the states again. I always wanted to go to DEFCON though. Guess that isn't going to happen unless it moves.

[–] Ziggurat@jlai.lu 47 points 2 days ago (14 children)

I don't even remember all the reddit account I had in the previous 5 years

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

most of them wouldve been banned already, or become shadowban, if they suddenly became active. reddit now sees inactive accounts and new accounts as potential botting.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago

Off to El Salvador with you!

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[–] oldest_meme_420@hilariouschaos.com 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What makes them think that I even have a 5 year old account on any social media platform?

"Sorry, you can't enter the US unless you have a social media account"

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[–] Foni@lemmy.zip 39 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I feel sorry for anyone who has to go for work; I imagine tourists will choose another place to go.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)

A lot of places are finding workarounds in order to not deal with this and potentially open up serious legal avenues. I know my company is actively avoiding sending anyone here from anywhere else because of shit like this.

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (3 children)

And I suppose I'll continue my plan of staying the hell away until this administration is long gone

This feels pretty hard to enforce, are they gonna let people self select what they provide or are they perhaps going to give a list of services to give accounts for? The latter would have me looking either like a ghost that disappeared about 7 years ago (for most public social media) or one that disappeared about 3 years ago (if Reddit is included)

What happens to people who don't use social media at all? Are they going to be treated with suspicion?

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

until this administration is long gone

Based on past performance, the next Democrat administration will repeal maybe 50% of these changes at most.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

they almost never fully repeal any invasive piracy legislation when they get into power, which is why they are called republican lite.

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago

More and more non-usa folks no longer want to see Mickey Mouse, Hollywood or the one-armed bandits.

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago
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