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Trump administration moves to deny visas to factcheckers and content moderators

todayDecember 5, 2025

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Action detailed in a state department memo directs officials to deny visas to any applicant engaging in ‘censorship’

The Trump administration has moved to formalize a crackdown on the issuance of visas for people which it deems to have engaged in censoring the free speech of US citizens.

The action, detailed in a state department memo sent to overseas missions this week, first reported by Reuters and then NPR, directs consular officials to deny visas to any applicant “responsible for, or complicit in, censorship or attempted censorship of protected expression in the US”.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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