Proposed ‘social media ID, please' law draws outrage
A plan by the U.S. government to require some foreign travelers to provide their social media IDs on key travel documents is drawing outrage.
People who responded to the government’s request for comment about the proposal spared little in their criticisms. They call it “ludicrous,” an “all-around bad idea,” “blatant overreach,” “desperate, paranoid heavy-handedness,” “preposterous,” “appalling,” and “un-American.”
But the feds are most serious about it.
The plan affects people traveling from “visa waiver” countries to the U.S., where a visa is not required. This includes most of Europe, Singapore, Chile, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand -- 38 countries in total.
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