India, Aug. 7 -- The US State Department is expanding mandatory social media screening for additional categories of foreign visa applicants under the Donald Trump administration, according to an internal memo, as reported by The Daily Signal.

The policy would require affected applicants to make their social media accounts "public" or "open" for review as part of the visa adjudication process.

According to the memo, the expanded vetting will apply to foreign media representatives and qualified nationals from Canada and Mexico travelling to the United States for business under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), along with their dependents.

Social media vetting is already required for several visa categories, including dip...