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Even visitors from countries like Britain and France, whose citizens don’t need visas, would have to share five years’ worth of social media.Visitors from countries in the visa-waiver program would also be required to share a range of other information, including email addresses from the last decade.

Michael Virgil, 35, became agitated on a Royal Caribbean ship and was restrained by at least five crew members, including some who stood on his back, before he died, the medical examiner said.The Navigator of the Seas in 2021. Michael Virgil and his family were aboard this ship when he died in December 2024.