Van Damme said the authentication of Twitter users would be a great concept if it guaranteed anonymity and protection of personal data.
Former DA MP Phumzile Van Damme says whistleblowers should be granted anonymity on the platform but not peddlers of misinformation.Phumzile Van Damme says social media platform Twitter should protect users who are whistle-blowers by granting them anonymity but not peddlers of hate speech and disinformation.Huckabee reached out to Musk, CEO of Tesla, who recently bought Twitter, saying he hopes he will ensure that users use their real names and be accountable for tweets they put out.
It’s important for people who need anonymity & protection such as whistleblowers. But for people who use anonymity to spread hate speech & disinfo - that needs to be severely limited. If human authentication can guarantee anonymity & protect private data - great.
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