to confirm applicants’ identity

Social media accounts are not official, government-issued and thus not useful for this "stated" purpose.

Let's be honest about what this is really about: suppression of criticism.

What if they don't have any social media accounts?

How to Get a US Visa (Without Really Trying)

Step 1: Create a Truth Social account.

Step 2: Create a litany of "truths" praising God Emperor Messiah Trump, the GREATEST president in the history of the universe.

Step 3: Share Truth Social account with US State Department. Remember, it's definitely the only social media account you have because why would anyone need anything but Truth Social?

Step 4: Get Visa.

Why would anyone want to go in USA? There are lot of more beautifull, rich, safe, wellcoming places in the world.

Who wants to travel to the fourth Reich anyways?

Not having social media is a problem?

Alt accounts, my guy

I wouldn't go to that shithole even if it was the last piece of dry land on earth.

You will have no civil liberties and you will obey. That is our future. A managed resource akin to cattle. With controlled populations for economic purposes.

Umm, US Customs has been asking for social media accounts from everyone entering the country for years… since trumps 1 st term. Perhaps the “for a visa” part is new but they’ve been loyalty checking for ages already.

So many unanswered questions.

Why would the U.S. embassy in Bangkok be issuing this statement? Does this only apply to Thai citizens? And is this actually a change to U.S. policy? Hasn't ICE already been checking spot-checking social media accounts on mobile phones when people enter the country?

Anyway, fuck this trend.

LOL. Yeah no.

This is slightly unnerving to me. I mean, all my social media is already public but I post so much and so often, how would they even go through it all?

Me: "You want my social media accounts? Sure! They're all public, and Google says there's over 4.6 million words to go through—I actually had it run through them all to gather the real figures from its database—starting with newsgroups, then phBB forums, Slashdot, Digg, IRC logs, Reddit, Stack Overflow, and loads more. Good luck! I recommend sorting by most viewed and then most upvotes 👍"

Them: "Uh. What are newsgroups?"

Because much of my writing is highly technical, it's not exactly "beach reading" material. So let's assume the customs officer in charge of producing my biography can read it at about 150 WPM...

511 hours or 12.8 weeks if they're only going to read during their 40-hour work schedule. They'd have to spend over three months reading my thoughts.

Imagine the line of people waiting behind me!

This is why I don't use social media for anything except fluff, and I live in the US. The day is coming when this is going to be happening to US citizens too. Make a second account and log out of it, simple solution.

Hah! I have no social media.

Oh yeah, and there's absolutely no way you'd even get me to go to the US

This is slightly unnerving to me. I mean, all my social media is already public but I post so much and so often, how would they even go through it all?

Me: "You want my social media accounts? Sure! They're all public, and Google says there's over 4.6 million words to go through—I actually had it run through them all to gather the real figures from its database—starting with newsgroups, then phBB forums, Slashdot, Digg, IRC logs, Reddit, Stack Overflow, and loads more. Good luck! I recommend sorting by most viewed and then most upvotes 👍"

Them: "Uh. What are newsgroups?"

Because much of my writing is highly technical, it's not exactly "beach reading" material. So let's assume the customs officer in charge of producing my biography can read it at about 150 WPM...

511 hours or 12.8 weeks if they're only going to read during their 40-hour work schedule. They'd have to spend over three months reading my thoughts.

Imagine the line of people waiting behind me!