Foreign students seeking visas will have ALL social media vetted by State Dept seeking 'indications of hostility' to US

The State Department has directed US diplomats to screen the social media accounts of all foreign nationals applying for educational visas. This comes as the US has resumed scheduling student visa appointments.

Per Politico, consular offices were directed in a State Department cable issued on Wednesday to review the online presence of applicants for "any indications of hostility towards the citizens, culture, government, institutions or founding principles of the United States."

Embassies were also directed to flag any "advocacy for, aid or support for foreign terrorists and other threats to US national security" and "support for unlawful antisemitic harassment or violence." A specific example listed in the cable was support for the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.