Coercing EU Citizens to make social media profiles public must be some violation of the data protection rights.
“all applicants for F, M and J non-immigrant visas will be asked to adjust the privacy settings on all their social media profiles to ‘public’”
cc [@edps](https://tube.network.europa.eu/accounts/edps ) noyb.eu (npub1ezr…2hxu)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/18/social-media-student-visa-screening
Frédéric Jacobs
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2025-06-24 08:22:37 UTC
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