Do you Tweet, IG, or PIN? If so, this blog is for you since
recently implemented policies at US Consulates and ports-of-entry
impact the disclosure of social media handles and deal with the
consequences for nondisclosure.
Recently, our clients have been encountering the implementation
of a social media disclosure policy at US ports-of-entry that began
in 2016 but has become more consistently implemented over the past
few months. In late 2016, US Customs and Border Protection
("CBP") began requiring foreign visitors
to disclose their social media handles for common platforms,
including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. CBP also frequently
requests mobile passwords so that CBP Officers may go through
phones of those requesting admission to the US at
ports-of-entry.
