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US Visa Applications From Japan Now Require Disclosing 5 Years of [Public] Social Media History
(www.tokyoweekender.com)
Is this Somali effect?
this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2025
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This is draconian and their way of censoring other countries. It's utter horse shit.
I can't say I blame them, why would they want Ya'll Queda to visit?
The EU and Japan should apply the same stupid shit to prevent the neo-Nazi Russian supporting MAGA fucks from entering.
If you said anything against Trump or Israel, do not even bother applying.
What if you don’t use social media? Or at least only use pseudo anonymous social media like reddit or Lemmy?
Then say you don't use any, however I have a feeling you'd be denied for lying even if it's the truth
At this point we all need fake social media accounts
Tell them Jesus never used social media. Or tell them the democrates banned you for supporting Trump.
If you can teach a man to fish, then you can teach a man to catfish. —Book of Fish 34:35
What if you delete all your accounts right before applying, will they go through the deleted accounts?
Article says they expect deleted to be reported so I'm guessing their AI is scraping and comparing.
Like, do they want to hear “I’m xx_COCKBLASTER_xx on the WarThunder forum.”
Straight to El Salvador, buddy!
Do I get to crouch around in my underwear on Kristi Noem’s latest TV commercials?
If that's your goal in life, I'm sure the US has a fast-track for that.
I still collect money from selling out my travel companions? Right..?
That's one free lunch per sold out companion. Gotta invest!
Extroverts gonna have a feast.
Does Gopher and IRC count as social media?