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> I don't get why the US thought that it'd be a good idea to vet social media accounts for visa applications.

Since almost all major social media companies are american, and all major social media/tech companies are state/defense companies, the US already "vets" social media accounts of foreigners and most likely americans as well.

This has nothing to do with "vetting" social media accounts. It's about scaring the world so that the world stops criticizing primarily israel.

If we really want to "vet" foreigners, we'd be doing it secretly so that bad actors feel free to expose themselves on social media. This does the exact opposite. It's about controlling the narrative and preventing criticism of israel.



> It's about scaring the world so that the world stops criticizing primarily israel.

You should back up this assertion with facts and evidence otherwise nobody will take it at face value and it will be categorized as drivel.


Facts and evidence? I explained to you my reasoning. If you disagree with it fine. Let me ask you, why do you think this is happening all of a sudden? To "vet" foreigners? Yeah right. As I said, if we wanted weed out undesirable foreigners, we would want them to post freely on social media with any fear of repercussion. We wouldn't warn them about potentially having their social media scrutinized.


It’s a green account whose entire comment history is railing on a single topic without ever citing sources. Flag and move on.


You keep breaking hn guidelines. Go outside and touch grass buddy.




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