The Republican presidential candidate said, if elected, she will force social media companies to 'show America their algorithm.'

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.

  • NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Agree with her views on algorithm transparency, however abolishing anonymous accounts won’t improve the situation around misinformation.

    Facebook has required your real name for a long time, and it still resorted into people dissecting into echo chambers supporting their views points.

    Yes, anonymous accounts allow people to hide behind a mask, but a lot of people spreading misinformation aren’t afraid of being humiliated or ridiculed. It even helps spread it faster (celebrities, influencers, etc) in a lot of situations.