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Babalugats@feddit.uk to Buy European@feddit.uk ·
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US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' on new visa applications

www.thejournal.ie

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US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' on new visa applications

www.thejournal.ie

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The move has been heavily criticised by Taoiseach Micheál Martin who described it as “excessive”.

This is in an Irish online news publication this evening.

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  • SpaceShort@feddit.uk
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    Well, I can’t visit the US until after the revolution then. (Was never going to.)

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      Right? I wasn’t considering to go, but how the hell would I know all my past usernames?

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    In sure this will be great for their tourism income.

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    is this the onion?

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      #nottheonion

      Would we have to include Lemmy?

      The scary thing is, as if we hadn’t already known, it shows how much they rely on that data.

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        damn, freedom-land is totally unhinged. Well we already knew, but it never ceases to amaze me.

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    I wonder how many social media accounts someone can create?

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