5 years of social media history required to enter the US (opens in new tab)

What wasn’t clear to me (or I missed it in between all the long winded legal citations) - will I need to reveal the contents of non-public social media accounts? I have a private FB account purely to stay in touch with friends. How would I share this content? Handover credentials? Handover a device? Friend some random federal agencies? Flip my profile to public?

Also, does all this checking happen offline before entry or do they analyse and then pick you up for questioning if they find something questionable? It all sounds very East German.

For those in countries with a Visa waiver arrangement (as I am), it kind of defeats the purpose.

One last thing: I did chuckle when he mentioned it would take some months for the regulations to come into force due to the Paperwork Reduction Act.

I’d feel much safer if a plane I were flying on had to make an emergency landing — on purpose, I do not intend to fly to either of the three countries — in Iran or Russia than in the US. Talk about a damaged reputation.

and I wonder why I can get flights to the US from Australia at historically low prices?

Interesting that he chose the ‘she’ pronoun while sitting in front of a pride flag.

Funny how "diversity of perspective" now means "don't let in people with these points of view"

Don't worry, nobody wants to attend your failing kleptocracy.

America, you need to sort your shit out yesterday.

Land of the free! ;)