>I'm guessing you're a US citizen, because this isn't about the US.
I'm not and I never said it is, I was just saying it's a bit hypocritical for people to complain about governments wanting to see your social media before letting you in the country, while being OK with giving up your biometrics.
You might say you're also not OK with giving up your biometrics, and then I would say, well why are you going to places that do things you're not OK with? Just stay home or go to other places. Why complain about the politics of countries you're not a citizen of and can't vote? Their country, their rules, only their citizen can enact change.
And BTW, I'm OK with governments wanting to see your social media before letting you in. Where I live in EU, there's a lot of middle eastern "refugees" whose social media is full of support of terrorist orgs and calling for death to Israel. Why would you want to let such people in? Would you want those people living next to you? If they're that brazen and stupid to be so open about extremist beliefs on social media, they don't belong in our society and shouldn't have been let in the first place. Granted that won't stop all these extremists, but it will at least stop the really dumb ones.
I expect my elected government to prioritize the safety of its taxpayers over the privacy rights of foreigners and visitors.
I expect my elected government to obey the Constitution under which it is set up. Treating anyone differently because they exercised freedom of speech is against how the US is supposed to work.
What does your previous comment have to do with it?
Inspecting visitor's social media doesn't break the constitution same as how inspecting their/your luggage at the airport doesn't. Border checks are a thing orthogonal to the constitution.
Employers will also Google you and judge you based on what you said on social media. If your profile is full of swastikas or other schizo shit, you probably won't see an offer. Why shouldn't countries do it? Do you want dangerous people let?
I realize that you aren't from the US, so maybe you don't know how US courts have interpreted the first amendment. The US government cannot prohibit "swastikas and other schizo shit", as distasteful as they are. Your employer is perfectly free to do so, however. Those are two different things in the US.
I'm not and I never said it is, I was just saying it's a bit hypocritical for people to complain about governments wanting to see your social media before letting you in the country, while being OK with giving up your biometrics.
You might say you're also not OK with giving up your biometrics, and then I would say, well why are you going to places that do things you're not OK with? Just stay home or go to other places. Why complain about the politics of countries you're not a citizen of and can't vote? Their country, their rules, only their citizen can enact change.
And BTW, I'm OK with governments wanting to see your social media before letting you in. Where I live in EU, there's a lot of middle eastern "refugees" whose social media is full of support of terrorist orgs and calling for death to Israel. Why would you want to let such people in? Would you want those people living next to you? If they're that brazen and stupid to be so open about extremist beliefs on social media, they don't belong in our society and shouldn't have been let in the first place. Granted that won't stop all these extremists, but it will at least stop the really dumb ones.
I expect my elected government to prioritize the safety of its taxpayers over the privacy rights of foreigners and visitors.