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Student visa applicants advised to tread lightly as U.S. expands social media vetting
Counselors are urging foreign students applying to U.S. colleges to avoid certain topics online as the State Department ...
US to ban foreign officials over 'flagrant censorship' on social media
The U.S. will impose visa bans on foreign nationals it deems to be censoring Americans, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said ...
James Comey’s ‘weird’ social media approach lands him in hot water
James Comey’s controversial, now-deleted Instagram photo of seashells spelling out the numbers “86 47” only adds to a long ...
State Department orders embassies to pause new student visa appointments as it moves to expand social media vetting
The US State Department has instructed US embassies and consulates around the world to pause new student visa appointments as ...
Texas bill pushes strictest social media ban for minors in the nation
Proposed Texas legislation, Bill 186, would ban minors from social media, enforce parental consent, and address the risks ...
US stops scheduling visa interviews for foreign students while it expands social media vetting
U.S. officials say the State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study ...
Texas lawmakers fail to pass ban on social media for those under 18
AUSTIN, Texas — A push in Texas to ban social media accounts for children under 18 has failed after lawmakers did not take a key vote on creating one of the nation's toughest restrictions aimed at ...
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Texas bill to ban minors from social media likely dead after missed deadline
HB 186 missed a key procedural deadline Wednesday night, halting one of the nation's most aggressive social media ...
Fact check: Video shared on social media appears to have been filmed in Pakistan
The PA news agency could not definitively find the location where the outside video was filmed, however the video includes a ...
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyers say ex-assistant’s social media posts undercut her rape allegation
NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs ' lawyers confronted his rape-alleging former personal assistant on Friday with her social media posts praising the hip-hop mogul as a mentor, “my brother” and “friend ...
Here's what Pope Leo XIV has posted about politics — and the Trump administration — on social media
Hints as to what postures Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, might take on some of the most controversial issues ...