GOP presidential contender Nikki Haley raised eyebrows Tuesday after claiming anonymous posts on social media pose a threat to “national security.”
The Republican hopeful made the remarks Tuesday on Fox News, advocating for mandatory social media verification and claiming her draconian reforms would defeat the bots.
NEW: Nikki Haley asserts that allowing people to post on social media anonymously is a “national security threat”. She promises that as president, she will force “every person on social media” to be “verified by their name.”
I am no lawyer but isn’t this blatantly… pic.twitter.com/MD7CcBZL5r
— Christina Pushaw ? ?? (@ChristinaPushaw) November 14, 2023
After saying she’d force social media companies to reveal their algorithms, Haley went on to declare, “The second thing is every person on social media should be verified by their name.”
“First of all, it’s a national security threat,” she continued, adding, “When you do that, all of a sudden people have to stand by what they say and it gets rid of the Russian bots, the Iranian bots, and the Chinese bots.”
The former South Carolina governor even suggested her idea could create a social media utopia, claiming that having people identify themselves would foster civility among online users.
“And then you’re going to get some civility when people know their name is next to what they say, and they know their pastor and their family member is going to see it, it’s going to help our kids and it’s going to help our country.”
Haley’s push to ban online anonymity didn’t go over so well on social media.
“Nikki out here auditioning for the WEF vote,” remarked journalist Jordan Schachtel.
Nikki out here auditioning for the WEF vote https://t.co/JrUZqZCPev
— Jordan Schachtel @ dossier.today (@JordanSchachtel) November 14, 2023
Fellow presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy also took the opportunity to point out Haley’s proposal would effectively violate the First Amendment.
“.@NikkiHaley is *openly* pushing for the government to use private tech companies to censor speech. This is a flagrant violation of the Constitution and straight out of the Democrats’ playbook. Any politician who thinks it’s OK for the government to use the private sector as its censorship bureau shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the White House,” Ramaswamy wrote on X.
.@NikkiHaley is *openly* pushing for the government to use private tech companies to censor speech. This is a flagrant violation of the Constitution and straight out of the Democrats’ playbook. Any politician who thinks it’s OK for the government to use the private sector as its… pic.twitter.com/Cb1847r6CA
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) November 14, 2023
“Nice try, Nikki,” commented TP USA founder Charlie Kirk. “Anonymous speech is a core part of free speech — which the founders would know, since many of them (including Alexander Hamilton and James Madison) wrote anonymously.”
Nikki Haley says “every person on social media should be verified by name” for the sake of “national security.”
Nice try, Nikki. Anonymous speech is a core part of free speech — which the founders would know, since many of them (including Alexander Hamilton and James Madison)… pic.twitter.com/5SKPhvjMOU
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 14, 2023
every time i hear someone say “if women were in charge things would be better ?” i immediately think of this bitch https://t.co/yP4NGZgFmX
— shoe (@shoe0nhead) November 14, 2023
A) Nikki Haley is not going to be president. EVER.
B) I too once thought like a child.
While compelling forced identification (i.e. doxxing) would certainly create some responsibility, it would also allow for the immediate threats and targeted harassment of people for their… https://t.co/x5tPkFmRVQ
— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) November 14, 2023
This is insane. Nikki Haley says she will use the federal government to dox every single anonymous account on social media.pic.twitter.com/OWUcgsP6tb
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 14, 2023
Besides the obvious implications for going after political dissidents, this will only move radical anons to deeper, darker corners of the internet where they will inevitably become more radicalized. https://t.co/N1BOmUurMG
— Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) November 14, 2023
We’ll see if Haley’s attack on free speech helps her campaign; she’s currently polling in third place behind former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, according to Real Clear Politics’ poll average.
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