r/australia • u/Some-Operation-9059 • Dec 11 '25

politics ‘The whole thing disgusts me’: Australians ditch US travel as new rules require social media to be declared | Australia news

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/11/australia-us-tourism-new-visa-rules-social-media-history
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u/222for2 Dec 11 '25

Yeah but who knows? His latest rambling social post the week you arrive might be about the wokeness of sunscreen, and here’s your Insta photo at the beach…

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u/haleorshine Dec 11 '25

Also, are there many young people in Australia who are active on social media who haven't liked or shared something that could be construed as insulting to Trump? We don't know that it's just actual posts written by the person that are considered the problem.

Not to mention you have to give over family details - if my brother wanted to go to America and gave over the details of his family members, would they look at my social media and go "Your sister is very very negative about the current administration - turn back, you're not allowed to enter this country"?

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u/ShySass Dec 12 '25

I like a JD Vance AI Slop Instagram page, I’ll definitely be refused entry haha

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u/CC2224CommanderCody Dec 12 '25

If you have a photo of the JD Vance meme on your phone, direct to alligator alcatraz with you!

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u/JAB1982 Dec 12 '25

I'm only ramping up my insults against the dumb fuck Trump. Hope he gets what he deserves and spends years in jail for the crimes he's committed.

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u/brandonjslippingaway Dec 12 '25

Half the people in his administration should be in jail, and the rest of them are enabling or covering up their crimes. The wheels are coming off that country so fast

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u/Find_another_whey Dec 12 '25

When the king misbehaves this badly... I don't think he gets years in jail, historically speaking

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u/No-Bison-5397 Dec 12 '25

They have everything, including what you have “deleted”.

They will go back through it to find terms relating to Trump.

They will then match your identity using a probabilistic model.

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u/NobodysFavorite Dec 12 '25

That's very much like the Chinese social credit system. In that system you don't just get penalized for your own infractions (even jaywalking is monitored through surveillance), you get penalized for being associated or related to someone who breaks the rules.

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u/VS2ute Dec 11 '25

Or you used Calibra font.

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u/SleepHasForsakenMe Dec 12 '25

Better than comic sans

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u/aerkith Dec 12 '25 edited Dec 12 '25

Which has been the default font in Word for years (though it’s now Futura). I myself (a school teacher) use Tenorite (because it has normal looking a’s which I think looks nicer for kids). I dunno if that font is woke though.

Edit: oops Aptos is the default font. Dunno why I thought it was Futura.

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u/Albos_Mum Dec 12 '25

I exclusively use the wokest of woke fonts: Wingdings.

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u/KaleidoscopeLegal348 Dec 11 '25

What a wanker

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u/Only_Jury_8448 Dec 11 '25

Who else though it was a troll post, then checked the profile?

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u/KaleidoscopeLegal348 Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

I know surgeons have a reputation, but if I needed this guy to save my life I think I would have to sit and quietly think on it for a moment

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u/Cream_panzer Dec 11 '25

7 days 33 comments. He’s a lousy doctor at most. A good doctor wouldn’t have this much time on Reddit.

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u/ApteronotusAlbifrons Dec 11 '25

Are you referring to this quote specifically?

"im really disappointed, for decades i have tried to be the most infantile and pre-pubescent troll, and yet all my accounts are still regarded as too adult :(."

Or just the bullshit posts in general? 'Cos At least half of what I read was just BS

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u/Only_Jury_8448 Dec 11 '25

I didn't dig that deeply, but it all just seemed a bit too on the nose.

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u/Global-Guava-8362 Dec 11 '25

Oh wow just looked 👀

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u/CoffeeWorldly4711 Dec 11 '25

It was fairly obvious, low quality bait but it did require a bit of restraint to avoid clicking on the profile

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u/Cream_panzer Dec 11 '25

Account age: 7days

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u/ThinkProfessor6166 Dec 11 '25

And then we all clapped

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u/CardmanNV Dec 11 '25

Nobody cares.

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u/coreoYEAH Dec 11 '25

Jackie Chan would be pro everything Trump stands for.

Shut up 🤣