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(BBC NEWS<\/strong>) \u2013 Nearly all applicants for US visas will have to submit their social media details under newly adopted rules.<\/p>\n

The State Department regulations say people will have to submit social media names and five years\u2019 worth of email addresses and phone numbers.<\/p>\n

When proposed last year, authorities estimated the proposal would affect 14.7 million people annually.<\/p>\n

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Certain diplomatic and official visa applicants will be exempt from the stringent new measures.<\/p>\n

However, people traveling to the US to work or to study will have to hand over their information.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are constantly working to find mechanisms to improve our screening processes to protect US citizens, while supporting legitimate travel to the United States,\u201d the department reportedly said.<\/p>\n

Previously, only applicants who needed additional vetting \u2013 such as people who had been to parts of the world controlled by terrorist groups \u2013 would need to hand over this data.<\/p>\n

But now applicants will have to give up their account names on a list of social media platforms, and also volunteer the details of their accounts on any sites not listed.<\/p>\n

Anyone who lies about their social media use could face \u201cserious immigration consequences\u201d<\/a>, according to an official who spoke to The Hill.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration first proposed the rules in March 2018.<\/p>\n

At the time, the American Civil Liberties Union \u2013 a civil rights group \u2013 said there is \u201cno evidence that such social media monitoring is effective or fair\u201d, and said it would cause people to self-censor themselves online.<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump made cracking down on immigration a key plank of his election campaign in 2016.<\/p>\n

He called for \u201cextreme vetting\u201d of immigrants before and during his time in office.<\/p>\n

On Friday Mr Trump vowed to impose gradually rising tariffs on Mexico unless the country curbed illegal immigration at the US southern border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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