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The U.S. has now resumed allowing foreign students to apply for student visas.
Applicants need to make their social media accounts public, and consular officers will check the content they post online.
The U.S. government wants to know if applicants have made unfriendly remarks about the U.S., such as hostility towards its people, culture, or government.
The U.S. says this is done to protect national security and ensure that people coming to the U.S. will not harm its citizens.
All students and scholars who want to study or exchange in the U.S. must undergo this kind of check.
If applicants can prove their reasons for coming to the U.S. are genuine and they have no bad intentions, they have a chance to get a visa.