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US expands media vetting to journalists, Canada, Mexico

Published 6 August 2026

The U.S. State Department is expanding its policy of screening the social media accounts of visa applicants to include foreign journalists and certain professionals from Canada and Mexico, according to an internal memo reported on Thursday, August 6.

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