'It is against our policies to use fake personae and to use Twitter data for persistent surveillance of individuals.'
US Citizenship and Immigration Services officers can now create fictitious social media accounts to monitor social media information on foreigners seeking visas, green cards and citizenship.[WASHINGTON] US Citizenship and Immigration Services officers can now create fictitious social media accounts to monitor social media information on foreigners seeking visas, green cards and citizenship.
The change in policy was preceded by other steps taken by the State Department, which began requiring applicants for US visas to submit their social media usernames this past June, a vast expansion of the Trump administration's enhanced screening of potential immigrants and visitors.
The officers are also not allowed to interact with users on the social media sites and can only passively review information, according to the DHS document. He added:"It can't be this double standard where police can do it, but members of the general public can't." In January 2017, former Homeland Security Department Secretary Jeh Johnson issued a privacy impact update giving authority to USCIS to"conduct law enforcement activities including but not limited to accessing internet and publicly available social media content using a fictitious account or identity." But a privacy impact assessment was required to be completed first.
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