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Haley says anonymous social media “national security threat”

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  1. mrhansduck

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    Is she proposing to legally mandate social media companies to match up every account with a validated real name? Maybe she will clarify or backtrack a bit but seems to me like an unforced error. Team DeSantis and others posting about it.

     
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    Even the moderates of the Republi-ban cult cannot help but lionize dictators and desire to rule just like them.

    I don't know what it is going to take before these people are declared terrorists?
     
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  3. Sohogator

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    Another reminder that Niki Hayley is a deeply unserious person.
     
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  5. Sohogator

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    Better do it soon before this country is completely lost. I’m 90% certain I’m going to have to leave this shit show in the near future.
     
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  6. mrhansduck

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  7. Sohogator

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    The twit’s not wrong..
     
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    She’s correct only in one regard, that allowing foreign state sponsored “influencers” and networks to operate with impunity actually is a national security threat in the big picture.

    The question is what to do about it. It’s not like email or open www protocols. Social media are closed networks. So why can’t these corporations competently get a handle on their “bot problem”?

    That being said, Haley’s “solution” sounds like heavy handed regulation in the other direction. But no doubt a lot of the most vile online creatures are either bots or wouldn’t act as they do without that anonymity.
     
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    Social media is a mess but this was an oddly specific, empathetic, and impractical campaign promise. Especially for her trying to fight her way up. She’ll hear it from both sides. Especially from Dear Leader.
     
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    Haley is pretty thoughtful. I think she will reconsider. As Bling sez, this is a real issue that needs addressing in some fashion. She's more in the ballpark than these idiots that wanna piss away trillions building tanks, planes & ships.
     
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    Even broken clocks are right twice a day.
     
  12. gatorpa

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    This is what I was thinking as well.
    There should be some way to prevent a bunch of bots run by “bad actors” or even “good actors” from filling social media with garbage.
     
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    I'm laughing so hard that the nimrods of Team DeSantis suddenly know what free speech is and what it means for something to be unconstitutional. It's interesting how they conveniently forget these things whenever it's time for Ron to continue his reign of terror in Florida.
     
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    Now THAT is funny.
     
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    Nikki is just Hillary with nicer hair and higher heels.
     
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    Nikki is just Hillary Desantis with nicer hair and higher lower heels.
     
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    Saw in the linked tweet a reminder that Thomas Jefferson wrote under a pseudonym.

    “National security” is a dangerous word. The Patriot Act was bad legislation based on National Security. If you don’t like their mysterious algorithm don’t use it. I mostly have quit twitter cuz I don’t like it. I don’t need to “see” their algorithm. It’s a private company.
     
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    Nikki’s hair can’t hold a candle to the Desantis doo.
     
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    Considering how democrats acted during covid, shocked any of them are not ok with this.
    Another reason this lady shouldn’t gain any more attention.
     
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