据Politico网站报道，特朗普政府正提议，要求持有美国长期商务签证和旅游签证的中国公民在入境美国时，提供他们所使用的的社交媒体信息。
A traveler would be asked online to identify the platforms. Answering the question would be "optional," US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a notice set for publication on Feb 21 in the Federal Register.
旅客将被要求在线确认这些社交平台。而美国海关和边境执法局 (CBP)在2月21日出版的《联邦公报》上发布通知表明，该问题可以“选择性回答”。
Those who don`t want to answer will have their travel requests processed "without a negative interpretation or inference," the notice said.
对于不想回答这一问题的旅客，在处理他们的出行申请时，“不会遭到负面解读或推断”，该通知写道。
The initial iteration of the program to collect social media handles asked travelers
在先前初步收集社交媒体信息时，该项目要求旅客提供脸书、Google+、Instagram、领英以及YouTube等网站的个人资料。
However, residents of China tend to use other social media platforms.
然而，中国公民更倾向于使用其他社交媒体平台。
A CBP spokeswoman had no immediate comment on whether Chinese social media platforms would be included, Politico said.
Politico 网站称，一名CBP的女发言人并未就是否将中国社交媒体平台涵盖在内立即做出回应。
The move to cover Chinese visitors in the social-media-focused screening comes as Trump administration officials review steps to vet foreigners seeking to enter the US, including asking for social media passwords, Politico said.
Politico网站称，特朗普政府官员计划修改外国人入境审查的步骤，包括要求提供社交媒体的密码等，而将中国旅客列入社交媒体审查范围的举措也随之而来。
It said that the Obama administration used a similar, voluntary, social-media screening effort late last year for travelers eligible to enter the US through the Visa Waiver Program, which includes many European countries and other highly-developed nations.
据称，奥巴马政府曾于去年年末，对通过免签证计划入境的旅客采取了类似的自愿性社交媒体审查，许多欧洲国家和其他高度发达国家都包含在内。
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