August 11, 2023
The Trump administration was well within its rights to implement a policy that requires applicants for a U.S. visa to submit links to their social media, says a D.C. federal judge who just tossed a lawsuit challenging the still-in-place policy for good.
February 14, 2022
The Biden administration told a D.C. federal court it doesn't expect to make "imminent changes" to a Trump-era policy requiring visa applicants to share their social media handles, while contesting the rights of two documentary film groups to sue over the policy.
May 29, 2020
Twitter, Reddit and an e-commerce trade group backed two documentary film organizations' challenge to a U.S. Department of State requirement for overseas visa applicants to turn over their social media handles, saying it would limit anonymous free speech.
April 16, 2020
The U.S. Department of State has urged a D.C. federal court to toss film organizations' lawsuit challenging the government's policy of collecting immigrants' social media info on visa applications, saying that the groups can't sue over a policy that doesn't affect them.
December 05, 2019
Two documentary film organizations on Thursday challenged the U.S. Department of State's requirement that visa applicants abroad turn over their social media handles, telling a D.C. federal court that the rule will chill free speech.