WIRE — Privacy experts have slammed the U.S. governmentâ s new social media vetting requirements, likening the countryâ s approach to that of an authoritarian regime. However, they note it is difficult to claim that privacy laws are being broken as visa applicants can choose to ignore the request, though they put their visa application at risk by doing so

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