US State Department to Check Social Media Accounts of Foreign Journalists Applying for Visas

Washington DC. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will mandatorily check the social media accounts of foreign journalists applying for visas to work in America. According to The Daily Signal, the Donald Trump administration has decided to extend the policy of making social media accounts public for checking, which was previously applied to many types of visa applicants, to foreign media professionals as well.

According to this policy, applicants will have to keep their social media accounts public so that US officials can review them. It has been reported that applicants for another type of visa used by some workers from Canada and Mexico will also be included in this same checking process.