Two documentary film groups say a requirement that social media usernames, even pseudonyms, be included on visa applications may endanger filmmakers.
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In addition, it says, some filmmakers who had considered applying for visas to visit or work in the United States had decided against doing so, to avoid having to surrender their social media information to the U.S. government.“We regularly work with filmmakers for whom the ability to maintain anonymity online can be a matter of life and death,” Doc Society Inc. director Jess Search said in a release. The group supports documentarians and connects them with global audiences.
Collecting social media identifiers from visa applicants, including personal Twitter handles, has a chilling effect on that conversation. For these reasons, we remain strongly opposed to the U.S. Department of State’s social media registration requirements.Twitter stated its opposition to the new rule on Thursday.
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