3) The risk, of course, is that once in place as voluntary, down the road it gets converted to mandatory.
I am glad it is not mandatory, because as far as I am aware it is not mandatory to have a Facebook or Twitter account. However, if this proposal proceeds it seems an inevitable consequence that, in time, this will transition from being an optional field to one which is compulsory to complete.
I do, however, have a useless Google+ account somewhere out in the ether. I guess I can put that down on the form once this question becomes compulsory 
. But I suppose this is the problem; the 'benefit' from this intrusive exercise is nearly nil, because no one is going to list on a voluntary questionnaire any social media profiles that could get themselves into trouble. And I very much doubt that this government agency has the competence or expertise to analyse the information they are seeking to collect.
. But I suppose this is the problem; the 'benefit' from this intrusive exercise is nearly nil, because no one is going to list on a voluntary questionnaire any social media profiles that could get themselves into trouble. And I very much doubt that this government agency has the competence or expertise to analyse the information they are seeking to collect.IMHO proposals like this one, that seek to pry into people's affiliations or internal beliefs, do nothing to make the United States or any other country safer. Rather, they erode international respect for US core values and do grave damage to US interests. This proposal simply impinges on the US' own principles of freedom of association and of expression which are guaranteed, at least for US citizens, in the Constitution.
- Ayden