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The US may soon require foreign tourists to hand over five years of social media history in order to enter the country.

US Customs and Border Protection proposed the new requirements as part of a sweeping plan impacting the Electronic System for Travel Authorization process. Under the Visa Waiver Program, tourists from 42 countries can visit the US without a visa for up to 90 days, but they must apply for authorisation through the ESTA.

With the new proposal, tourists from those countries― which includes the U.K. France, Japan, Australia and Germany ― will have to provide five years of social media history as one of the “mandatory data elements” in the application. They could also be asked to provide past phone numbers, email addresses and other digital identif

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