Chinese Internet Trolls Silent After US Adds Social Media Requirements for Visa Applications

Chinese Internet Trolls Silent After US Adds Social Media Requirements for Visa Applications
A man uses a computer in an internet cafe in Beijing, China, on June 1, 2017. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images
Eva Fu
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New U.S. visa requirements asking for applicants’ social media usernames have brought an unexpected outcome: quieting Chinese internet trolls.

Effective May 31, owing to national security considerations, every traveler and immigrant applying to come to the United States will need to provide all social media account names, email addresses, and phone numbers that they have used over the past five years, according to a U.S. State Department announcement dated on June 4.
Eva Fu
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Eva Fu is an award-winning, New York-based journalist for The Epoch Times focusing on U.S. politics, U.S.-China relations, religious freedom, and human rights. Contact Eva at [email protected]
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