Trump demands tourists hand over five years of social media history to enter the US

[G_j]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/10/tourists-will-have-to-provide-five-years-of-social-media/


The Trump administration has outlined a new plan to force tourists from dozens of countries to submit five years of social media history to be granted access to the US.

Foreign tourists will be forced to hand over five years of social media history to be granted entry into the US in what marks the latest move in Donald Trump's border crackdown.

The new "mandatory" requirement was detailed in a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document on Tuesday outlining how the administration will comply with the president's demand for foreign visitors to be “vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible”. The new rule is set to affect visitors from dozens of countries, including the UK, France and Germany, as it will apply to those who benefit from the visa waiver programme.

[Swede]

1. Thus destroying the tourism industry.

[gab13by13]

10. It's already tanking

just from Canadians.

[Ocelot II]

15. What's left of it...

[CurtEastPoint]

2. link to Telegraph article, not via Facebook

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/10/tourists-will-have-to-provide-five-years-of-social-media/

[G_j]

6. thanks

edited

[rampartd]

3. can i do that?

i mean, i don't have or keep my "social media history."

whats next? can't come in without a "trump social" account and an nft collection?

[allegorical oracle]

9. This is totally the demands of someone who is suffering from paranoia.

More from the article:
Travellers visiting from countries including the UK, Germany and France will be asked to provide data as well as other personal information including email addresses from the last decade and details of their relatives, according to official documents.

[G_j]

17. and

Applicants will be asked to provide:

Telephone numbers used in the last five years
Email addresses used in the last ten years
IP addresses and metadata from electronically submitted photos
Family member names (parents, spouse, siblings, children)
Family number telephone numbers used in the last five years
Family member dates of birth
Family member places of birth
Family member residencies
Biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris
Business telephone numbers used in the last five years
Business email addresses used in the last ten years

[mwmisses4289]

4. Way to go, t!

You've just delivered another hit to the u.s tourism industry!

[surfered]

5. No criticism of the Dear Leader is allowed

[bdamomma]

11. Eff him

[Haggard Celine]

36. Critics of Israel are being locked up as well.

If you aren't a citizen, it's probably best to just keep your mouth shut. Citizens are already being detained for being the wrong color. We're going to have to speak out more against this shit. The only way to stop it is to bring public opinion against it.

[surfered]

37. True

[Johnny2X2X]

7. It's already happening to Americans too

I have a story of a work friend's parents returning to the US from visiting their daughter in Vietnam. This is an old Dutch couple in their late 60s from West Michigan. ICE pulled them into a room at JFK and began grilling them about their social media posts about Trump. They held them for several hours with no food or water or access to bathrooms.

[Lovie777]

8. shithole is paranoid and that is extremely dangerous..............

plus his advisors are using this to continue their terror upon the American people, and this includes those 6 RW US SC justices.

[dalton99a]

12. +1

[Attilatheblond]

29. Maybe Sean Duffy had a hand in this

He can't seem to deal with REAL problems with airlines and airport traffic. This will slow air traffic down considerably,. Then he can go ahead with his idea to have airport gyms so all the soon-to-be well dressed travelers can be 'sweatin to the oldies'.

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/sean-duffy-absolutely-roasted-online-after-pitching-workout-area-in-airports/]

This wasn’t the kind of “shredded” that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had in mind when he floated the idea of a workout area in major airports.

The curious moment came during Duffy’s press conference at Reagan International Airport on Monday, when he announced $1 billion in funding for grant programs “to make the experience better in airports.”

“I want to expand the play areas for kids,” Duffy said while flanked by Health and Human Services honcho Robert Kennedy Jr. “I want additional nursing pods for nursing mothers. Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing, doing some pull-ups or some step-ups in the airport.”

[ProudMNDemocrat]

13. Foreign tourism to the US will drop like an heavy anvil.

Nor will Americans, such as myself, be allowed to visit a country if this is what will be expected of those wanting to visit here.

The day will come when this man is no longer the leader. Our respect and reputation around the world has been severely damaged.

[dalton99a]

14. Who wants to visit a nasty shithole controlled by a demented, deranged dictator

[malaise]

23. I'll be back when he's gone

Never visited from his inauguration to his losing the election in 20 and won’t be back until he’s gone.

[tinrobot]

16. Just in time for the World Cup and Olympics

[jonstl08]

25. Half full stadiums

Along with the new visa surcharge I can envision half empty stadiums.

[JBTaurus83]

18. Nice

He will finish tanking the tourist industry and also get people to stop using social media thereby tanking those companies. MAGA! 🙄

[Pachamama]

19. Free speech nation my ass

[milestogo]

20. And who would ever want to deal with that?

[imanamerican63]

21. ............!

He didn’t want to release his own taxes!

[malaise]

22. Watch the hotels close

Tourists have options

[jonstl08]

24. World Cup visitors

Oh this is going to go over well this summer with all the foreign tourists coming over to watch their countries play in the World Cup. I have a friend who is from Brasil who married an American. Her father and brother want to come over to visit her but were told it will cost them $250 each just to enter the country.

The Trump admin also is charging foreign visitors a $100 surcharge each to visit national parks. Just think how many of these people visit Yellowstone and contribute to the local economy around the park. This will keep them away.

[Attilatheblond]

33. Re Yellowstone surcharge for foreign visitors: Might shift votes in WY and MT

Also, might mess with volcanologist's research.

Heading back to the dark ages by leaps and bounds. Trump marches on.

[sboatcar]

26. So who's job will it be to sift through all that nonsense?

[Oneironaut]

27. We are in a dictatorship and are becoming the same as China in terms of freedom.

Don’t insult the King, or, you won’t get access to America. Next they’ll just arrest people.

[moondust]

28. Rename it the SSA?

Soviet States of America

[Turbineguy]

30. Or they can just wait for trump to die.

[Efilroft Sul]

31. Bet this plan will soon be applied to interstate travel soon, too.

Who will review all that data? What damage will it cause to the economy? Who cares?! Authoritarian rulers are all about isolating the people and sweeping up the dissidents. It all started with the Wall, which I said had the real intent of keeping us in rather than keeping out immigrants.

[Attilatheblond]

34. Texas GOP seems to think women are banned from interstate travel already

[lame54]

32. Are there still tourists?

[Emile]

35. How do you even do that?

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

38. Ask Trump officials: Did the "tourists" who attacked the Capitol on Jan/6 have to show their social media history?

[ananda]

39. I wonder what will happen with ACBL...

because a lot of foreigners come to the
national and regional tournaments.

Ought to be interesting.

[G_j]

40. Actually, interesting is probably the wrong choice of words

boring, might be more accurate,

[ananda]

41. Sorry, ...

I don't know where you're coming from there.

You probably don't realize the money and prestige
involved.

It's like a mirror of the society at large... with
the gamesmanship... which is fun and exciting...

but also with the money and corruption involved,
and the way cheating and going pro works.

Now with those high stakes involved, keeping
foreigners out of the tournaments is realy a
BFD.

[G_j]

42. just sarcasm, I'm sorry

I really meant to express what a loss it will be, diminishing it terribly. It looks to be a tragic circumstance.
I hope for the best, of course.

[ananda]

43. Thank you.

And I'm sorry I misunderstood as well.