cathillDec 15
In case I travel to the USA and U.S. Customs and Border Protection wants to check my social media posts, I now make this declaration:
We paean the USA.
We paean their great leader Donald Trump.
#usa #travel #visawaiverprogram #esta #cbp #dhs #tourism #privacy #personaldata #socialmedia #socialmediahistory #donaldtrump #compelledspeech #usspueblo #puebloincident #northkorea
Keiþ 🔭Dec 12

So, supposedly, five years of social media history is required to get a visa to get into the USA. Now Meta and X will hand it over shrink-wrapped, but what about Bluesky and Mastodon?

Or is this all a hoax? One report asks for IP addresses, which is hysterical.

#socialmediahistory #visainquiries

News BeepDec 10

US plans to order foreign tourists, including Australians, to disclose social media histories

US President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to order visa-exempt foreign tourists, including Australians, to disclose their social…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #accounts #AU #Australia #DonaldTrump #SocialMedia #socialmediahistory #touristvisas #Travel #Trumpadministration #Us #visa #visa-exempt
https://www.newsbeep.com/301379/

Hacker NewsDec 10

US could ask foreign tourists for five-year social media history before entry

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dz0g2ykpeo

#HackerNews #USTourism #SocialMediaHistory #EntryRequirements #PrivacyConcerns #ForeignVisitors

US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry

The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, which can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.

BBC News
internetarchiveNov 14

Hi5 was an early social platform, launched in 2003. Mostly forgotten in the U.S., but big in Latin America & Southeast Asia with tens of millions of users around 2007–2008. Today it’s mostly social games & dating.

The #WaybackMachine preserves the early web, from the famous to the forgotten. Use it to find your forgotten corners of the internet. ⤵️
https://web.archive.org

#Wayback1T #Hi5 #DigitalHistory #SocialMediaHistory #Nostalgia

N-gated Hacker NewsSep 21, 2025
🧐 Ah yes, deciphering squiggles in caves—because clearly our ancestors were aspiring emoji creators. 🤯 Who knew cavemen were the OG social media influencers with their hashtag hieroglyphics? 📜👀
https://www.openculture.com/2025/09/40000-year-old-symbols-found-in-caves-worldwide-may-be-the-earliest-written-language.html #caveart #emojiancestors #socialmediahistory #hieroglyphics #ancientinfluencers #HackerNews #ngated
40,000-Year-Old Symbols Found in Caves Worldwide May Be the Earliest Written Language

We may take it for granted that the earliest writing systems developed with the Sumerians around 3400 B.C.E. The archaeological evidence so far supports the theory. But it may also be possible that the earliest writing systems predate 5000-year-old cuneiform tablets by several thousand years.

Open Culture
Kristin OswaldJul 2, 2025
"#TikTok – Memefication und Performance" im ersten deutschsprachigen Band zu TikTok aus kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive gibt es einen Beitrag von @mberg und @frau_lorenz zu #Historytok - entstanden aus unserem Projekt #SocialMediaHistory 👉
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-70712-8
TikTok – Memefication und Performance

Das Open-Access-Buch bietet Beiträge zur Untersuchung von TikTok aus u.a. sprach-, kultur- und medienwissenschaftlicher sowie didaktischer Perspektive.

SpringerLink
RetroComputingMXJun 24, 2025

El 23 de junio de 2005, se lanza la plataforma comunitaria Reddit, creada por Steve Huffman y Alexis Ohanian, que permite crear, compartir y debatir contenido
#retrocomputingmx #reddit #20aniversary #SocialMediaHistory

Por si te lo preguntas, si tenemos perfil ahi: /u/retrocompmx. Apenas vamos comenzando pero pronto sabrás más.

Show threadKristin OswaldMay 16, 2025
Das haben @mberg @frau_lorenz & ich im Rahmen von #SocialMediaHistory auch festgestellt. Vermittlungscontent von #Museen und Forschenden ist eher die Ausnahme.
Kristin OswaldMay 16, 2025
NS- (& koloniale) Unternehmensgeschichte polarisiert in Social Media. Das haben wir bei #SocialMediaHistory festgestellt & bestätigt Barbara Wolf von der #KruppStiftung. Sie und @cogries dtellen auch fest, dass politische Inhalte bei Insta zunehmend abgestraft werden. #maitagung