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Nikki Haley vows to abolish anonymous social media accounts: 'It's a national security threat' (wpde.com)

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Nikki Haley vows to abolish anonymous social media accounts: 'It's a national security threat'::WPDE covers news, sports, weather, and local events in and around the Grand Strand, Pee Dee, and the Border Belt.

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[–] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There was a petition for the UK Parliament to implement what this politician wants by requiring verification for accounts (Piers Morgan was endorsing it iirc), and I believe a petition to not implement it under the pretense of it harming transgender individuals (e.g. deadnaming, having to come out to a stranger for verification).

Parliament did respond saying such legislation would stifle the freedom of expression, which is true, but it doesn't matter when the UK has other legislation doing the same thing.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Ok as a trans person yeah we were my first thought, but my immediate second was abuse victims. Making cyberstalking easier will get people hurt, though from what I’ve seen of the far right, for some of them that’s the point.