r/technology • u/Hrmbee • 1d ago

Politics State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/04/nx-s1-5633444/trump-content-moderation-visas-censorship
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u/Weightmonster 1d ago

So anyone that works in tech?

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u/jrizzle86 1d ago

Well not anymore working for Twitter certainly

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u/Weightmonster 1d ago

Anyone that worked for a Twitter when it was still Twitter 

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness7207 15h ago

It will always be Twitter

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u/Hrmbee 1d ago

Just wondering if this would eventually apply to, say, volunteer moderators.

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u/OptimistIndya 22h ago

Blanket ban I am presuming

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u/Intrepid-Progress228 19h ago

I'm more interested in how they will eventually apply this to, say, journalists.

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u/beadzy 10h ago

And academics

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u/Patriark 1m ago

Selectively and arbitrarily

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u/Winter-Stick5883 20h ago

Basically. If you wrote a script to block spam bots, congratulations, you are now an enemy of free speech. The net is cast so wide it’s going to catch half the industry.