US To Scrutinise Social Media In Visa Application Reviews
The US Department of Homeland Security is preparing a plan to scrutinise visa applicants’ social media presence before allowing them into the country, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The move comes as part of a new strategy focused on social networking following the San Bernardino, California shooting in December.
The DHS currently only looks at social media postings sporadically, as part of three pilot programmes that were launched at the beginning of last year.
Details on the new programme are sparse, and it is as yet unclear how quickly it could be implemented.
There has been criticism sounded for missing the radicalisation of Tashfeen Malik, who carried out the massacre in San Bernardino together with her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook. Ms Malik was vocal in her support for armed jihad on social media, evidence the US security apparatus failed to uncover in time.
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