US to vet social media of foreign journalists— What it means for Indian nationals

The US State Department is planning to check the social media accounts of foreign journalists who apply for visas to work in the United States, according to an internal memo reported by The Daily Signal and cited by Reuters.

The reported plan would expand a policy already introduced by the Trump administration. Under the existing system, people applying for several types of US visas are required to make their social media accounts public so officials can review them.

The new plan would reportedly bring foreign journalists working for media organisations under the same screening process. It would also apply to people applying for a separate visa category used by workers from Canada and Mexico.