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by e28eta 3360 days ago
As far as I can tell, that's something the Trump admin has suggested would be a good idea, but isn't policy yet. However, they do conduct other electronic searches.

https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017

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I have no social media accounts. I would love to know what their protocol says to do if someone claims to not have any social media accounts.
Yet here you are posting on a public message board under (I'm assuming) your account :)
Then we get to debate what is constitutes as a social media acct? Any forum, any public comment board? Or what is more traditionally called social media, Reddit/Facebook/Instagram/Snapchat/Twitter and the like? Is email social media?
Don't move! Put your hands up!

It's an impossible to comply with demand, that gives the person evaluating entirety to claim compliance or non-compliance based on whim. Not a far cry from a poll test.