All Social Media Users Should Be Doxxed, ‘Opinions’ Verified As ‘True’: Don Lemon
“I think there should be even more parameters on the people who use it, how people are allowed to use it,” he said. “You should be identified to the company. That doesn’t mean the company has to share your information with law enforcement unless you do something that is, you know, detrimental to your fellow citizen — a threat or something like that.”
He then contradicted himself, saying, “You should know who is responding to you and who’s putting it out there, as well.” He would like to see a platform where “everybody is registered so that they have to own it. In fact, I would like if people use their own names.”
“A social media platform where everybody who’s on it says who they are,” agreed Cuomo.
Lemon said that social media platforms should ban posters from uploading or sharing any content — including opinions — that he deems false.
“What is put on your platform at the very least should be true. Let’s start there,” Lemon said.
“What if it’s an opinion?” asked Cuomo.
“It should be true,” Lemon answered.
“An opinion?” asked Cuomo.
Lemon told him, “You can have opinions based in fact.”
Lemon’s proposals would represent a draconian crackdown on people’s ability to express themselves online. He acknowledged that some proposals may step over the “fine line” between regulation and “stopping people from saying what they want, censoring people. But I think that we are well beyond that point,” he added. “This isn’t about censorship. This is about doing what is right.”
He did not specify whom he would trust as an arbiter of truth and falsehood.