© APHaley argued that anonymous social media accounts have been weaponized by the Chinese, Iranian and Russian governments
Republican presidential candidate
Nikki Haley on Tuesday proposed forcing social media users to verify their identities before posting, citing "national security" concerns.
The former South Carolina governor's plan is part of a set of social media reforms aimed at transparency โ which she pushed during an appearance on Fox News โ that has rankled some of her primary opponents.
"When I get into office, the first thing we have to do, social media accounts, social media companies, they have to show America their algorithms," Haley said. "Let us see why they're pushing what they're pushing."
"The second thing is,
every person on social media should be verified, by their name. That's, first of all, it's a national security threat. 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. 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 members are going to see it," the 51-year-old former Trump administration official added.
Two of Haley's GOP primary opponents - entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis - blasted her proposal.
Comment: Seems "National Security" isn't even on the list of NSA priorities. But they're plenty happy to spy on U.S. citizens, perhaps to charge them with wrongspeak?.