Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other posts: How US plans to use AI to revoke visas and deport these students

The US State Department is set to use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify and revoke visas of foreign students suspected of supporting Palestinian Hamas militants. This initiative, dubbed “Catch and Revoke,” will involve AI-assisted reviews of social media accounts belonging to tens of thousands of student visa holders.

The AI system will analyse posts on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to detect any content that suggests support for Hamas. Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasised that the US has “zero tolerance for foreign visitors who support terrorists” and that violators of US law, including international students, could face visa denial, revocation, and deportation.