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Torrent of criticism against Nikki Haley for asking that anonymous users be removed from social networks: "It's a national security threat"

The candidate for the Republican primaries expressed her concern about the rise of anti-Semitism and racism on platforms such as X, TikTok, Facebook or Instagram.

Nikki Haley

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Rosana Rábago Sainz

Republican primary candidate Nikki Haley, said during an interview on FOX News, that if she becomes president of the United States, she will demand that social media platforms remove all existing anonymous profiles. As she explained, she would do so since for her an unidentified account represents "a national security threat":

Every person on social media should be verified by their name. 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 gonna get some civility when people know their name is next to what they say, and they know their pastor and their family member’s gonna see it. It’s gonna help our kids and it’s gonna help our country.

Concern over the increase in anti-Semitism and racism on social networks

Not only that, just before showing her concern about anonymous profiles, Haley assured that one of her first actions upon reaching the White House will consist of forcing the different platforms to "show America their algorithms."

This measure, she explained, was taken because she is deeply concerned about the rise of anti-Semitism and racism on social networks such as X, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram and wanted to get to the bottom of it:

What we need to remind Americans is that antisemitism is no different than racism. They are both evil, and we don’t want to have that happen, but let’s go to the core of this. Antisemitism was always bubbling underneath the surface, but now we’re seeing this massive exaggeration of it, but no one is talking about why. The truth is, if you look at social media, the misinformation and the dramatic sides of social media are instigating this. Why? Because it’s being pushed by Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. It is why 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. Let us see why they’re pushing what they’re pushing.

Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy criticize Nikki Haley's words

The reactions to Nikki Haley's words did not take long to arrive. The most critical of her were two of her rivals in the Republican primaries, Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy. The governor of Florida assured that carrying out the proposal to eliminate anonymous profiles is "dangerous and unconstitutional":

Vivek Ramaswamy's words were similar. The candidate of Indian origin used a speech similar to that of DeSantis and assured that carrying out the candidate's proposal for the Republican primaries is a "flagrant violation of the Constitution":

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