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US government collecting social media information from foreign travelers

December 26, 2016/

Visitors filing visa waiver application are prompted to enter account names for social platforms, but activists say there are few guidelines for use of information

"While the government certainly has a right to collect some information … it would be nice if they would focus on the privacy concerns some advocacy groups have long expressed."

Full Story: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/26/us-customs-social-media-foreign-travelers?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

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