US Security wants to know your facebook too

A CBP officer checks a passenger's documentation after arriving to the U.S.

Scandinavian tourists to USA must now also tell about their facebook, twitter and Instagram accounts.

Terrorism and Social Media, there is a connection, and US Homeland security knows it. Would a visitor to the United States put his or her social media information on a form necessary to enter the USA? Uncle Sam thinks so, and Homeland security orders so.

Starting this week, the United States Federal Government began asking some travelers to the U.S. to supply details about their social media accounts.  Facebook, Instagram and Twitter is supposed to tell US agents about visitors.

The collection of social media data, which was first proposed by Homeland Security this summer, does not apply to U.S. citizens. Instead, it is for now aimed at foreigners  who apply to arrive in the U.S. under the “visa waiver program”—an online tool that lets short-term visitors skip the formal process of applying for a visa.

Tourists and Business travelers from 32 nations are allowed to enter the United States under this visa waiver program.

The social networks include VKontakte, which serves as Russia’s Facebook, as well as JustPaste.it, a text-sharing tool that is popular with the terrorist group ISIS. Meanwhile, the form also lists little-used services like Vine and Google+ but omits the wildly-popular Snapchat.