Documentary filmmakers say rules that require foreign nationals applying for U.S. visas to give the feds their social media handles are chilling free speech
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The registration requirement demands, with few exceptions, that visa applicants disclose any social media names they've used in the past five years on more than 20 sites including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Reddit, Pinterest and YouTube. The filmmakers claim the rules, which affect more than 14 million people a year according to the complaint, deter people from speaking freely on social media for fear of retribution.
"Many of Plaintiffs’ members and partners use social media to show their work; draw attention to human rights abuses; connect with other filmmakers, artists, and advocates; and engage with the same social and political issues that they address in their films," states the complaint. "Plaintiffs’ members and partners who anticipate applying for U.S. visas must consider the risk that a U.S.
"In recent months, authoritarian and other rights-abusing regimes, including some U.S. allies, have used information gleaned from social media to identify, locate, and detain human rights advocates, journalists, and political dissidents — and even, in some instances, to have them killed," states the complaint.
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