US to use fake social media to check people entering country

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WASHINGTON — US Citizenship and Immigration Services officers can now create fictitious social media accounts to monitor social media information on foreigners seeking visas, green cards, and citizenship.

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— US Citizenship and Immigration Services officers can now create fictitious social media accounts to monitor social media information on foreigners seeking visas, green cards, and citizenship.

A USCIS statement explaining the change says fake accounts and identities will make it easier for investigators to search for potential evidence of fraud or security concerns as they decide whether to allow someone entry into the US. Twitter and Facebook recently shut down numerous accounts believed to be operated by the Chinese government using their platforms under false identities for information operations.

The officers are also not allowed to interact with users on social media sites and can only passively review information, according to the DHS document. He added: “It can’t be this double standard where police can do it, but members of the general public can’t.” In January 2017, former Homeland Security Department Secretary Jeh Johnson issued a privacy impact update giving authority to USCIS to “conduct law enforcement activities including but not limited to accessing the internet and publicly available social media content using a fictitious account or identity.”Reached by phone on Friday, Johnson declined to comment.

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