US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
www.bbc.com
The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, who can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.

Memorandum Updating All Forms to Collect Baseline Biographic Data, CBP will add several “high value data fields” to the ESTA application, when feasible. This is in addition to the information already collected in the ESTA application. The high value data fields include:

  • a. Telephone numbers used in the last five years;
  • b. Email addresses used in the last ten years;
  • c. IP addresses and metadata from electronically submitted photos;
  • d. Family member names (parents, spouse, siblings, children);
  • e. Family number telephone numbers used in the last five years;
  • f. Family member dates of birth;
  • g. Family member places of birth;
  • h. Family member residencies;
  • i. Biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris;
  • j. Business telephone numbers used in the last five years;
  • k. Business email addresses used in the last ten years.

https://public-nspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22461.pdf (page 9 & 10)

  • DaddleDew@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40·
    2 months ago

    Looking to the US tourism industries to further collapse.

    This is so intrusive that most of the “I have nothing to fear if I have nothing to hide” crowd will get creeped out by this.

    • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      They will enforce it selectively to avoid that outcome. Even now their tourism industry has taken a hit but many tourists still go without incident.

      • DaddleDew@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        The thing is that a lot of people will see this and aren’t even going to book a flight to see if they’re going to be selected or not

    • Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      I know that FIFA is about as corrupt as the USG but they really need to consider where they’re holding their games neither the US nor Mexico is looking very safe right now

  • A Sharky Anthro@fedia.io
    12·
    2 months ago

    ROFL Excuse me?! They are taking the absolute piss with all those requirements, as an American, I hope tourism plummets to the point they need to backpedal aggressively. This lets you know that the US leaders are fucking scared and nervous about their temporary control…Like they should be because fascism is never going to be fetch, no matter how much they want it to be.

    • imrighthere@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      What do you think they’re scared of, some signs and whistles ? They’re kicking the shit out of you and winning.

  • slippyferretEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    DNA and iris data? Are you kidding me? Nobody gets those biometrics.

    • EntertainmeonlyEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Thats my question. Say i don’t have any social media’s? Would they even believe me?

      • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Boo! Sports ball bad!

        With that out of the way, that is a reason I would never have considered because sports are just something that has no part in my life. Even if they did I can’t imagine they would be a good enough reason for me to visit a fascist shithole but hey different strokes I suppose.