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Easterncedar

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3. Tourists are being required to surrender personal data

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun Feb 8, 2026, 11:17 AM

Feb 8

A friend with family in Germany is really shocked and upset. She just heard from them that they have been told that they will soon need a visa to travel here, and to get that they must provide 5 years of social media history, ten years of phone numbers, DNA and iris scans, among other things. It all sounds kinda fashy, doesn't it? My friend, a naturalized US citizen, sure thinks so.

When or if or whether this is true, people from everywhere are cancelling travel plans.

It's all so heartbreaking, ugly and unnecessary.

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Will a 'Trump slump' continue to hit US tourism in 2026 − and even keep World Cup fans away? [View all] marmar Feb 8 OP

I hope so. SamKnause Feb 8 #1

The last big slump was in 2017? Gee, what heppend then? tinrobot Feb 8 #2

Tourists are being required to surrender personal data Easterncedar Feb 8 #3

TRump and Ice.... Historic NY Feb 8 #4

Just check hotel bookings at Wildwood and the Jersey shore Jersey Devil Feb 8 #5

Probably going to be worse... 2naSalit Feb 8 #6

Absolutely! Who'd Want to Come Here!?? justaprogressive Feb 8 #7

FIFA should have moved the matches from the US, not give the boy king a fake peace medal. dem4decades Feb 8 #8

FIFA's corruption runs deep Easterncedar Feb 8 #9