Trump administration moves to deny visas to factcheckers and content moderators
Action detailed in a state department memo directs officials to deny visas to any applicant engaging in ‘censorship’US politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has moved to formalize a...
By Richard Luscombe · The Guardian World
Action detailed in a state department memo directs officials to deny visas to any applicant engaging in ‘censorship’ US politics live – latest updates The Trump administration has moved to formalize a crackdown on the issuance of visas for people who it deems to have engaged in censoring the free speech of US citizens. The action, detailed in a state department memo sent to overseas missions this week, first reported by Reuters and then NPR , directs consular officials to deny visas to any applicant “responsible for, or complicit in, censorship or attempted censorship of protected expression in the US”. Continue reading...