US to screen social media of visa applicants who spent time in Gaza | Gaza News

US State Department cable reveals that social media posts could lead to screening of visa applicants for national security threats.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered the State Department to review the social media accounts of foreign applicants for United States visas who have visited the Gaza Strip in the past 18 years, according to an internal cable seen by the Reuters news agency.

The cable covers all immigrant and non-immigrant US visas – including students and tourists –…