Trump administration moves to deny visas to factcheckers and content moderators
Action detailed in a state department memo directs officials to deny visas to any applicant engaging in ‘censorship’US politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has moved to formalize a crackdown on the issuance of visas for people who it deems to have engaged in censoring the...
<p>Action detailed in a state department memo directs officials to deny visas to any applicant engaging in ‘censorship’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/dec/05/trump-pete-hegseth-signal-politics-updates">US politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The Trump administration has moved to formalize a crackdown on the issuance of visas for people who it deems to have engaged in censoring the free speech of US citizens.</p><p>The action, detailed in a state department memo sent to overseas missions this week, first <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-orders-enhanced-vetting-applicants-h-1b-visa-2025-12-04/">reported by Reuters</a> and <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/12/04/nx-s1-5633444/trump-content-moderation-visas-censorship">then NPR</a>, directs consular officials to deny visas to any applicant “responsible for, or complicit in, censorship or attempted censorship of protected expression in the US”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/trump-administration-us-visa-crackdown">Continue reading...</a>
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