According to a recent announcement, all US visa applicants from Japan must include info on all SNS accounts used within the last five years.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.tokyoweekender.com/japan-life/news-and-opinion/us-visa-applications-from-japan-require-disclosing-social-media-history/


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  • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    Easy solution: Don’t go. Don’t do business with them. Sell any American assets you own and don’t look back.

    • Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.net
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      As an American I agree. We need the world to boycott america. The people and institutional leadership roles in America have demonstrated that their more than willing to fold like a house of cards to the fascist regime but foreigners seem not to feel that pressure so they need to step up and Destroy America

  • Novaling@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    Fucking hell can we not ruin relations with Japan before I get the chance to study abroad there? I have to wait until next spring at earliest chance, but I wanted to wait until later to go there… 😩

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        Right. Can you imagine 50 years from now they say to you, “you’re not allowed in because of that one time when you were twelve you blah blah blah…”

        It’s a big joke just like the tariffs.

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          If they don’t like you, they’ll just get the border control chat bot to hallucinate your crime.

  • Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    This is horribly invasive and everyone should make burner accounts to give them instead. We need to sabotage the fascist Border Police and all their efforts to harm people

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      They’ll just link the burners to your reals. Tell them you have none. You are under no obligation to tell them the truth.

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    “It’s the death certificate of the land of the free,” posted one X user. “The United States is now pursuing policies similar to those of China’s Cultural Revolution. Considering how destructive the Cultural Revolution was to China, I think that if things continue this way, the United States will decline more than we can imagine. I can only pray that this will not happen, but I am currently feeling pessimistic,” wrote another.

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    Would be nice if the article defined what ‘SNS’ is. I gather it’s social media, but what is the initialism?