U.S. President Trump government is taking "immigration restrictions" against China, too? In recent days, news that the U. S. entry test will extend to social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, social app has spread across the world's Chinese population.
According to (Politico), a US politician news network, Trump government is planning to expand the censorship of inbound tourists, and Chinese tourists to the United States will need to provide identity information on social media on their networks in the future. In order to avoid trouble, Chinese users are advised to delete social app before entering the United States, U.S. lawyers suggest.
Screenshot by US politician News: Trump has expanded censorship of tourists and asked Chinese tourists to provide social media material.
U.S. Customs and Border Defense (Customs and Border Protection,CBP) officials say they are planning to require business and tourists entering China to fill in their social media profiles, such as Twitter and Facebook, online.
Chinese with a 10-year U.S. business and visit visa now have to go online to update their profile on the Visa Update Electronic system (EVUS), which will now require them to provide identifying social media information, the report said.
The CBP notice said the process would become part of the online e-visa application system, allowing immigrants to choose whether to fill in the relevant information and, if unwilling to do so, would not have a negative impact on their travel applications.
Politico said this was not the first step, and Obama government introduced a similar policy last year to collect online social media information on visitors from Europe to the United States through visa-free programs.
At that time, Obama said at a year-end press conference: "the United States government has begun to review foreign tourists and other visa applicants' social media accounts. U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agents monitor public content posted on social media as part of the visa application process. We need to distinguish between a person's publicly posted information via a social account and private communications between a social account. Our law enforcement and intelligence personnel will frequently review public posts posted by applicants on social media as part of the visa application process review. We will investigate the content of the applicants published in public and inquire about any statements they may make. "
The policy covered visitors from China only after Mr Trump government openly discussed greater scrutiny of foreigners, including asking for passwords for social-networking accounts.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kelly (John Kelly) said at a congressional hearing last week that in order to screen for potential terrorist, government, visitors from some countries would be asked to hand over their social media passwords.
Us lawyer: recommends that Chinese users delete social app before entering the country
In response to the ferment of censorship of Chinese tourists, according to US Chinese media < World Daily >, Washington-based lawer Fan Yiyu said that customs officers did these things legally before anyone entered the United States, nor did they happen only after Trump took office; But to avoid trouble, he advised Chinese users to delete social app before entering the United States.
NASA scientist Bickenaver (Sidd Bikkannavar), was searched and locked up in a secret room at Houston airport when he entered the airport until he released his phone password and unlocked it; he later posted a social networking site reminiscent of what had happened.
Fan said customs requests to check e-mails, social networking sites, and so on are not rumors, his clients have occurred too many times.
For example, he said: last year, a Chinese people in Taiwan who had a visa to enter the Dulles airport, and when they entered the Dulles airport, customs officers asked whether they would come to the United States to work in the United States, only to see if they would like to see a job in the course of the talks. He denied that, as a result, he was forced to inspect the email, otherwise he was not allowed to enter the country; Customs officers checked and found that in correspondence with American companies, he referred to new working conditions and was repatriated on the spot on the grounds of deception.
Fan Yiyu said that Americans and foreigners are not protected by the fourth or fifth amendment of the Constitution, even if they get off the plane and are covered by the entry permit. (the fifth amendment of the Constitution of the United States is part of the Bill of Rights of the United States. The main purpose is to prevent the abuse of government power by statutory procedures; The fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures; the former protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures, and the latter protects from being forced into crime.
It is not illegal for U. S. Customs to check immigration e-mails and ask for passwords.
CBP asked about social media with a menu listing sites such as Facebook, Google, Instagram,LinkedIn and tubing and a blank user name to fill in the account. CBP did not specify whether social platforms in China were under censorship.
It is reported that the new policy proposal has a 60-day review period.
Some technology companies and online privacy groups have questioned the policy's potential to leak personal information about users, and there are fears that other countries will follow the example of the U.S. Government to collect personal information about people entering the country.
At the same time, because Chinese people usually use other social platforms, CBP spokesman (Jennifer Evanitsky) said that at present the authorities have not decided to collect information on the list of social networking sites, visitors can fill out any social networking site. Nor will government require operators of social networking sites to violate any privacy policy.
He stressed that after foreign visitors provide identification information on social media platforms, U.S. authorities will not prevent them from entering the United States because of their race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.