AfD on digital affairs

The AfD rejects the Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz (NetzDG, Network Enforcement Act) and upload filters and wants freedom of expression online guaranteed by law. Social media operators are to be required to respect that legal framework instead of deleting posts under their own rules.

The AfD wants a free internet. One law makes platforms delete certain posts. The AfD does not want this law. It also does not want upload filters. These are programs that check content before it goes online. Platforms should not delete opinions under their own rules.

According to the program, opinions on social networks are monitored and deleted, which leads to self-censorship. The party criticizes that large foreign corporations, through their community standards, sometimes act more strictly than German law. It therefore wants legislation that secures free expression online and binds all providers active on the German market.

The AfD supports a free internet and what it calls sensible data protection. It rejects surveillance of all citizens without specific cause.

The AfD wants a free internet. It wants to protect people's data. The state should not watch everyone. Otherwise everyone counts as a suspect, the AfD says.

Under the heading of a free internet, the AfD commits to data protection and to protecting citizens. It opposes surveillance that covers the entire population. Its stated reason is that this would treat everyone as a possible suspect.