US plan would require some visitors to provide social media information from last 5 years

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The requirement would be for travelers using the Electronic System for Travel Authorization, or ESTA, as part of a visa waiver program for citizens from 42 countries, including the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Israel and Qatar, as well as many other European countries.
53% : A question about entering social media information was initially added to the application in 2016, with the section marked as "optional." "If an applicant does not answer the question or simply does not hold a social media account, the ESTA application can still be submitted without a negative interpretation or inference," the CBP website now states.
47% : CNN has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees CBP, for comment.

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