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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1423" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/27/border-deny-entry-united-states-social-media/" target="_blank">US border officials are increasingly denying entry to travelers over others’ social media - Techcrunch</a>Travelers are increasingly being denied entry to the United States as border officials hold them accountable for messages, images and video on their devices sent by other people.It’s a bizarre set of circumstances that has seen countless number of foreign nationals rejected from the U.S. after friends, family or even strangers send messages, images or videos over social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, and encrypted messaging apps like WhatsApp, which are then downloaded to the traveler’s phone.The latest case saw a Palestinian national living in Lebanon and would-be Harvard freshman denied entry to the U.S. just before the start of the school year.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1423, member: 1"] [URL='https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/27/border-deny-entry-united-states-social-media/'][B]US border officials are increasingly denying entry to travelers over others’ social media - Techcrunch[/B][/URL] Travelers are increasingly being denied entry to the United States as border officials hold them accountable for messages, images and video on their devices sent by other people. It’s a bizarre set of circumstances that has seen countless number of foreign nationals rejected from the U.S. after friends, family or even strangers send messages, images or videos over social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, and encrypted messaging apps like WhatsApp, which are then downloaded to the traveler’s phone. The latest case saw a Palestinian national living in Lebanon and would-be Harvard freshman denied entry to the U.S. just before the start of the school year. [/QUOTE]

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