Nikki Haley vows to abolish anonymous social media accounts: 'It's a national security threat'
The Republican presidential candidate said, if elected, she will force social media companies to 'show America their algorithm.'
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Nikki Haley vows to abolish anonymous social media accounts: 'It's a national security threat'
by JACKSON WALKER | The National Desk
Tue, November 14th 2023, 5:47 PM EST
Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
WASHINGTON (TND) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says a lack of transparency over social media is becoming detrimental to the American population.
“When I get into office, the first thing we have to do, social media companies, they have to show America their algorithm,” Haley said during an interview with Fox News Tuesday. “Let us see why they’re pushing what they’re pushing.”
Haley continued, saying she fears a rise in anonymous social media accounts could lead to widespread misinformation and potentially pose a national security threat.
“Every person on social media should be verified by their name. It’s a national security threat," she said. "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.”
Such a move would lead to an increase in “civility,” Haley believes.
“When they know their pastor, their family members can see it, it's going to help our kids and it's going to help our country," she said.
Haley's comments echoed similar sentiments shared by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., who recently called for a ban of popular social media platform TikTok over the increasing pro-Hamas content appearing on the service.
“They use it as a news aggregator," Sen. Hawley said of young people using TikTok. "And if you look at much of what is trending on TikTok, if you look at the volume of pro-Hamas, frankly, pro-genocidal content.”
This week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the state had “ramped up” its social media surveillance due to surging antisemitis. She described the recent treatment of Jewish New Yorkers as “painful.”
“It’s painful to me as the governor of this great state — that has been known for its diversity, and how we celebrate different cultures, different religions, different viewpoints — it’s painful to see the cruelty with which New Yorkers are treating each other," Gov. Hochul said. "Everywhere from college campuses, to our streets, to schools, to playgrounds, even as they’re entering their houses of worship."
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