US could demand five-year social media history from tourists before...
This highlights that social mediaus could demand five-year social media history from tourists before allowing entryit affects the esta visa waiver program applicable to 40 countries including australia, france and japan In recent developments, steve dentreporterthu, december 11, 2025 at 10:27 am utcadd engadget on googlenurphoto via getty imagestourists from europe and other regions could be asked to provide a five-year social media history before given entry to the united states, according to a new proposal from the us customs and border protection service (cbp) According to reports, the new rule would affect visitors from countries who normally enjoy relatively easy entry to the us via the electronic system for travel authorization (esta) Experts suggest that the new proposal cites an executive order issued by president trump from january titled "protecting the united states from foreign terrorists and other national security and public safety threats Interestingly, " in his first year in office, trump has been hyper-focused on strengthening us borders and reducing what he calls illegal immigration This highlights that the us state department will conduct "online presence" reviews for applicants and their dependents and require privacy settings on social media profiles to be made "public Interestingly, " applicants must list all the social media handles they've used over the last five years and if any information is omitted, it could lead to the denial of current and future visas Experts suggest that the cbp didn't say what information they were looking for or what could be disqualifying
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