Would you make your Facebook or Instagram accounts public if the US required five years of social-media checks for a tourist visa?

A new US Customs and Border Protection proposal may require travellers from 42 visa-waiver countries — who currently enter with simple electronic authorisation — to disclose years of social media activity, raising major concerns over privacy, free speech, data storage and the possibility of people being judged for posts unrelated to security; experts note that the US legally has wide authority to impose such checks under immigration and homeland-security laws, citing fears of online radicalisation as a driving factor, while privacy advocates warn the measure could lead to intrusive vetting, longer delays and even denied entry based on past posts. Would you be comfortable opening your social media history for travel, or is this a step too far?

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