U.S. To Collect Social Media Data on All Immigrants Entering Country
As a permanent resident with a pending citizenship application (who came on the visa mentioned at the end of this article), I find this incredibly alarming.<p>I have nothing to hide, despise terrorism and the fanatics that commit it, and wish no harm on others with different social, political, or religious views. But I&#x27;m familiar enough with history to know how badly this can end. &quot;Papers please&quot; had consequences, especially for groups targeted for political reasons.<p>Just last night I was browsing Wikipedia articles on various Presidential&#x2F;political assassinations after watching an episode of the PBS Vietnam War documentary that is currently being aired. Earlier this week I tried to sign up for Snapchat and discovered an active account based out of Saudi Arabia that someone had set up using my email address (via an unverified email address I assume - thanks SnapChat). I can&#x27;t read arabic so have no idea what was being shared on that platform from &quot;my&quot; account but based upon the images it looked critical of America.<p>It&#x27;s not much of a leap to imagine being accused of various things based upon your browsing history or social media, especially if actions like this (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;sections&#x2F;thetwo-way&#x2F;2017&#x2F;08&#x2F;15&#x2F;543782396&#x2F;doj-demands-files-on-anti-trump-activists-and-a-web-hosting-company-resists" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;sections&#x2F;thetwo-way&#x2F;2017&#x2F;08&#x2F;15&#x2F;543782396&#x2F;...</a>) become more common.<p>The rational part of my brain keeps screaming &quot;This is America, it can&#x27;t happen here, especially if you have nothing to hide&quot; but I also find it difficult to ignore the historical and current warning signs.