“Foreign travellers to America face scrutiny of their online activity”

Jun 12, 2019 | World

One thing that the who knows, maybe, forthcoming ‘really terrific trade deal’ with our American cousins definitely won’t include, is any sort of freedom of movement. We can’t complain, of course, as that’s something many have been keen to kill off at our end, too. But if you thought getting in to the Land of the Free was tough already, wait until they start trawling through your emails and Facebook photos. ’It was a bright, cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen…’

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