America used to ask for your passport, your fingerprints, and maybe your travel plan.
Now they want your wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">digital soul.

Under a newly proposed rule, travelers from 40 of the world’s most trusted countries — nations that don’t even need a visa — will be required to hand over five years of social media history before setting foot in the United States.

This isn’t security. This is surveillance tourism.
And it marks one of the most aggressive expansions of wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">digital scrutiny ever proposed for global travel.

1️⃣ social media Is the New Background Check

U.S. Customs and Border Protection quietly filed a proposal confirming mandatory disclosure of social media handles for visa-free travelers under ESTA.

This means:

• Facebook

• Instagram

• TikTok

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• LinkedIn

• Reddit

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• Anything else you’ve posted on for five years

Your memes, your comments, your rants, your stories — all now potential immigration evidence.

2️⃣ Even Travelers From “Trusted Nations” Aren’t Trusted Anymore

Australia, Germany, Japan, the UK, and france — countries long considered low-risk — will now data-face wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">digital vetting usually reserved for high-risk visa categories.

Visa-free doesn’t mean worry-free anymore.

3️⃣ Why the U.S. Says It’s Doing This

The proposed rule comes amid intensified pressure from the trump administration to tighten immigration controls following high-profile incidents.

The administration’s broader push includes:

• Revisiting the entries of everyone who came to the U.S. since 2021

• Possible bans on travelers from 30 countries

• Extra scrutiny for students and skilled workers

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• Considering pauses on migration from “Third World” nations

Security concerns are the justification, but critics warn of civil liberties erosion and unchecked government overreach.

4️⃣ “Mandatory social media Disclosure” Means zero Privacy

This is not optional.
This is not selective.
This is an automatic requirement for anyone entering under ESTA.
And unlike a visa process, ESTA happens millions of times per year — meaning unprecedented mass data collection.

5️⃣ Once Collected, Your wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">digital Footprint Could Live Forever

What happens to the data?
Who accesses it?
How long is it stored?

None of that is clearly defined.
Privacy experts say this could create a global database of foreign citizens’ online behavior, unprecedented in data-size and depth.

6️⃣ Tourism Is Already Declining — This Could Accelerate the Slide

For the first time since 2019, U.S. tourism is expected to drop.

Experts say mandatory wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">digital scrutiny will:

• discourage casual travelers

• hurt businesses

• cost billions in lost revenue

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• make competitors like Canada, Japan, and europe more attractive

When visiting a country requires a privacy sacrifice, many simply choose another destination.

7️⃣ “Show Us Your instagram Before You Can See the Statue of Liberty.”

The irony is poetic.
The world’s most iconic symbol of freedom — Lady Liberty — may now require a five-year wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">digital confession before anyone can stand before her.

Travelers don’t just hand over luggage.
They hand over identity.

8️⃣ Welcome to the Era of wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">digital Immigration

Borders used to protect territory.
Now they protect data.

And travelers must decide whether entering the U.S. is worth revealing every opinion, every photo, every joke, every hashtag they’ve posted since 2020.

This isn’t the future — this is the present.