US Entrance Tourists Will Be Required To Recap Personal Social Media For The Last 5 Years

Illustration of tourists or tourists with a view of the Brooklyn Bridge, New York, USA. (Airam Dato-on-Pexels)

JAKARTA - The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to implement regulations on visa-free foreign tourists who want to enter the US must disclose their social media history over the past five years.

Citing AFP, Thursday 11 December, this discourse is contained in a notification at the Federal Register on Tuesday this week.

If applicable, it will bind visitors from 42 countries, including Britain, France, Australia, and Japan, which do not require visas to enter the US.

Currently, tourists of these countries only need to apply for an exception known as the Electronic System for Travel Authority (ESTA), which still requires them to provide specific personal details.

Based on this proposed new rule, social media data collection will be part of the "mandatory" of the ASTA application.

According to the notification, the petitioners need to provide their social media history over the past five years

They must also hand over other "high-valued data fields" including phone numbers from the last five years, email addresses from the last decade, family members' personal details, and biometric information.

Regarding this discourse, the US Government has opened space for the public to provide comments up to input for the next 60 days.

The US government led by Donald Trump has tightened restrictions on entry to the US, as part of a massive crackdown on migration.

Together with Mexico and Canada, the US will also host the 2026 World Cup, which will certainly attract many football fans from around the world.