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US demands social media details from visa applicants

The State Department regulations say people will have to submit social media names and five years’ worth of email addresses and phone numbers.

When proposed last year, authorities estimated the proposal would affect 14.7 million people annually.

Certain diplomatic and official visa applicants will be exempt from the stringent new measures.

However, people traveling to the US to work or to study will have to hand over their information.

Read more at BBC

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