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The Economic Times
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US to vet social media of foreign journalists applying for visas, report says

The U.S. State Department will vet the social media accounts of foreign journalists ​applying for visas to work in ​the United States, according to a media report on Thursday.

The report in ​the conservative news outlet The Daily Signal cited an internal memo that said an initiative by President Donald Trump's administration that requires applicants for many visa types to make their social media accounts public for screening was being expanded to ‌include foreign ⁠media representatives.

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