The Trump Admin Wants Every Foreign Tourist to Surrender 5 Years of Social Media History

that's right, pal. you want entry into the United States? well then hand over your phone, so Donny's minions can paw through it and see what you've been up to.

It is especially notable that this rule will apply to foreign tourists and visitors from every country, including those where visas are waived. Currently, a British tourist is required to complete the U.S. Electronic System for Travel Authorizations to visit the country, and the social media disclosure would presumably be added directly to this process. However, according to the same notice, foreign travelers will also be expected to surrender other information as well, including all email addresses and phone numbers used in the last five years, as well as the physical addresses, names and contact information of family members.

excuse me?

I don't know about you, but if I wanted to travel to some country, and was told that first I had to fork over five years of personal data, I'd cordially invite them to eat my entire ass " and then I'd cancel my plans.

no fucking way.

what's the goal here? to deny entry to anyone who four years ago tweeted Donny is a poopyhead'? or is it to compile a privacy-destroying database of everyone's personal information?

it's probably both.

did anyone think this through? implementing this cockamamie idea is going to be a nightmare. the federal government will either need to create a massive new bureaucracy with thousands of civil servants spending hours a day scrolling through millions of social media posts " or, more likely, some fucked-up AI going is going to be turned loose on everyone's personal data. oh, great. that's going to be a clusterfuck.

hey, maybe Glenn Beck's AI George Washington will be pressed into service to keep tabs on all our tik-tok and instagram posts.