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2 days agoHow Trump Is Jeopardizing the US Art Market
Expanded US entry rules would force visitors to surrender extensive digital, biometric, and family data, risking deterrence of international artists and collectors.
A group representing the United States travel and tourism industry has warned that a proposal to require millions of foreign visitors to provide social media handles used over the past five years could have a chilling effect on visits to the US. The US Travel Association issued its comments in a statement on Monday on the proposed change, which was announced in a US government notice last week and expected to take effect on February 8. It would require travellers from countries in the visa waiver programme to submit the social media data.