‘The whole thing disgusts me’: Australians ditch US travel as new rules require social media to be declared
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/11/australia-us-tourism-new-visa-rules-social-media-history
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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 36 pts · 241d
Really, this is what it took? Being a dangerous shitty place to visit wasn't enough?
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 241d
Why would anyone want to travel to a country with values based on racism, ignorance and obesity. Fascism is just the cherry on top.
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 240d
Don't forget preventable diseases
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 241d
These are mostly white people... They assumed there will be no leopard face eating, that was the this is now.... Its like some GOP politican being pro gay only becase they're son is gay.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 241d
It's not the only thing, it is simply another straw on the camel's back.
ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 241d
Well australia is already full of poisonous drop bears so it’s not much safer there…
dr_scientist@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 241d
I want this to be true, and I have no plans to go back, but 'ditch' may be a bit strong. Actually tourism is down 4%-6% according to the article, and that's definitely a lot if you own a hotel, but not as many people are changing their plans as one would expect/think.
falseWhite@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 241d
AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 241d
That article compares it to pre-COVID numbers which they claim is down about 50%
CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 240d
It's crazy to me that anyone is still traveling to the USA...
But my neighbors are taking their kid to Hawaii next month
ieGod@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 239d
I'd like to see the comparison including Canada and Mexico.
GenosseFlosse@feddit.org · 13 pts · 241d
Are my pornhub comments also social media?
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 240d
dusting off my 20 year old livejournal account
unruffled@anarchist.nexus · 13 pts · 241d
I bet the tech bros will be lobbying hard to kill this. It's gonna hurt their userbase.
Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 241d
The big ones have already bowed, probably cause they know kiddos will be able to get around any lock.
FlyingCircus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 241d
When you have a monopoly and a captured customer base, it doesn’t matter what happens to your users. Although, yes, tech bros tend to get mad if someone else is abusing their serfs.
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 240d
The serfs are too dumb. They will give up all their private stuff and pretend it is okay for a temporary convenience. We're really just animals that talk and walk upright.
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 241d
It's soo excessive to follow.
Tenderizer@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 241d
Gnugit@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 241d
Cyclist@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 241d
Umm I think you may be confusing the Reddit lawsuit against Australia's ban on on underage social media.
Gnugit@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 241d
Oops, thanks!
Cyclist@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 240d
You're welcome friend. Also I had I stupid swipe type error in my comment.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 8 pts · 241d
I’m sure I could get away with not giving my Lemmy records because nobody knows what it is.
stray@pawb.social · 7 pts · 241d
https://archive.ph/9dmZK
untorquer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 240d
Thank
madjo@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 240d
US’ tourism boards are screwed, but they don’t know it yet.
They still think they can lure Canadians over the border with discount vouchers, after the “51 state” threat from their commander in cheetos.
flock_of_nazguls@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 236d
Nope. We're done.
MissingGhost@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 240d
As a Canadian I used to travel to the USA. They are just a few hundred kilometers away by car. I have friends there. I haven't been in a while and let my friends know it wasn't safe for us to go. They are welcome to go to America's biggest country to visit us instead. Also I don't use Facebook or Instagram or Snapchat or whatever.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 240d
Disney must love donating all that money to Trump now
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 2 pts · 238d
People are freaking out over the social media ... but not the names and addresses of all your family and the DNA sample?
People have weird priorities, yo!