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by Liz Wolfe Reason.com
“I want everybody’s name!” Former governor of South Carolina and current presidential contender Nikki Haley came out hard yesterday against both free speech and privacy rights. And, lest one think it was merely a one-off, she reiterated her same proposal in multiple venues.
“Every person on social media should be verified by their name,” said Haley on Fox News, citing “national security” as the reason. You’d get rid of Chinese, Russian, and Iranian foreign bots this way, she claimed, and you’d restore online civility.
“They need to verify every single person on their outlet. … I want everybody’s name,” she said on the Ruthless podcast later. Besides the point that this would involve the federal government compelling social media companies to do its bidding, it says something darker about Haley’s attitude toward speech and privacy rights.