Tourists may be asked to reveal their social media activity before entering the country, according to new guidelines expected to be issued this week. The State Department will propose new rules on Friday that will require most immigrants and tourists to hand over social media history in addition to phone … …

While the hashtag has changed, some serious issues that appeared during and after this trial are similar to those that prompted me to bring forth proposals last year around the use of social media posts during criminal court cases. In that instance, #JobstownNotGuilty was being used persistently during … Read More

“We were not hired to monitor victims' social media accounts”sounds fine, but when it's followed up by “we forwarded to our clients traditional media and publicly available social media,” it doesn't seem to absolve the firm at all. In fact, sending what the victims were saying on social media to …

The State Department wants to require all US visa applicants to submit information about their social media histories to the US government. The proposal would require nearly 15 million immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants to provide "identifiers" for multiple social media platforms they used … Read More

A travel expert says it'll be a tough administrative job for the US if it starts asking every traveller for their social media details. The US State Department wants to see every visa-applying foreigner to provide their social media histories, previous email addresses and phone numbers. House of Travel's Brent … …

Michigan State University has said it will not discipline a sophomore who made a number of racist comments on social media. Students at the East Lansing college expressed outrage over the decision by administrators not to respond to posts by Jillian Kirk, who tweeted 'GOD BLESS AMERICA, F*** … Read More

Don Crocetti, a former senior fraud investigator for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said an individual's refusal to turn over their social media accounts couldn't alone be used to deny approval. “The use of social media is a wrench in their toolbox. It's not that you use that same wrench …

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration wants all US visa applicants to submit details of their previous phone numbers, email addresses and social media histories as part of its "vetting" practice and to prevent entry of individuals who might pose a threat to the country. A document posted on the … Read More

Girls who spend the most time on social media at age 10 may be unhappier in their early teens than peers who use social media less during the tween years, a U.K. study suggests. Researchers looked at social media use and scores on tests of happiness and other aspects of …

“Users have invested so much social capital in putting up data about themselves it is not worth their changing sites, especially since every new user that … Unlike other emerging social media companies at the time of MySpace's dominance which were backed by Silicon Valley venture capitalists, … Read More