AfD on digital affairs

The AfD rejects surveillance without cause, data retention, and chat control, and wants end-to-end encryption to become the standard. It also calls for a recognized right to live without digital processes and for keeping cash.

The AfD does not want the state to watch people without a reason. Messages should be safely encrypted. People should be able to live without computers and phones. Cash should stay.

The platform treats data protection as a fundamental right and says digitalization must not become a tool of state control. Location tracking and device monitoring should be limited to the necessary minimum, and users must be able to switch them off. The state's digital policy should rest on informational self-determination and independence from global IT corporations. Citizens should have the most direct control possible over their personal data, property, and assets.

The AfD rejects EU regulation of artificial intelligence, including the Artificial Intelligence Act and the Cybersecurity Act, and wants national rules instead. AI should be usable in Germany but remain under human control and must not be used for mass surveillance.

The AfD does not want EU rules for artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is called AI for short. These are computer programs that learn on their own. Germany should make its own rules for AI. People should always stay in control of AI.

The program sees AI as a major growth market that Germany should not cut itself off from. A legal framework should allow its use in areas such as medical technology and transportation, which the program says requires cheap energy that is available at all times. The AfD also names risks to critical infrastructure and civil liberties. It rejects central regulation by the EU, meaning the Cybersecurity Act, the ethics guidelines and the AI Act. Decisions based on AI should stay transparent, and responsibility should remain with humans. The program rules out using AI for mass surveillance of the population.

The AfD wants to supply everyone in Baden-Württemberg with internet at one gigabit per second, citing Switzerland as the model. It treats network expansion as part of the state's duty to provide basic services; commercial and industrial zones are to be connected first.

The AfD wants fast internet for everyone in the state. Switzerland is the model for this. Business areas should get fast internet first. The state should make sure the networks get built. The networks should also work in a crisis.

The program regards digital communication as part of basic services. Every household should therefore get a connection of one Gbit/s. All commercial and industrial zones take priority in order to secure the state as a business location and keep it competitive. Digital infrastructure is to be checked regularly for crisis resilience, using stress tests, emergency plans and redundant networks.