Grüne on digital affairs

The Greens want every household and business in urban and rural areas to have fiber internet and reliable mobile coverage, with 5G as the statewide standard. Where companies do not build networks on their own, the state would continue targeted subsidies. According to the platform, digital access should not depend on income or location.

The Greens want fast internet for everyone. Fiber and good cell service should reach every place. Sometimes companies do not build the network on their own. Then the state should help pay for it.

Subsidies for so-called gray spots would continue for outlying areas and individual streets. Funding applications for municipalities would be simplified and backed by advice. Because the platform treats mobile and internet networks as critical infrastructure, network expansion should rely on technology from trusted partner countries, and public funding would be tied to that. The Greens also want to fund more Wi-Fi hotspots in public transit and public buildings and to support co-working and startup centers in rural areas.

The Greens want to make the state's digital infrastructure more independent and resilient. They rely on open source, independent cloud services and open standards to reduce dependence on large international tech companies and to safeguard data protection. A state open-source strategy would define responsibilities and goals.

The Greens want the state to be more independent with its computers. It should rely less on big tech companies. So the state should use open software. With open software, anyone can see the program code.

Software paid for with tax money should also be publicly available, following the principle "public money, public code." The platform sees digital sovereignty as a factor for the region's attractiveness given the global political situation. The Greens also want to support sovereign AI systems and launch a media literacy campaign that reaches people of all ages. Data centers and other technical infrastructure should run on climate-neutral power, and their waste heat should feed heating networks.

The Greens want all government services to be available centrally and, where possible, digitally. To that end, the state's service portal is to be strengthened, electronic files introduced everywhere, and a shared IT infrastructure built for the state and municipalities.

The Greens want people to handle government matters online. There should be one portal for everything. The services should be barrier-free and in several languages. Offices should work with digital files.

The portal bus.rlp.de is to become the central point of contact, be more user-friendly, and be promoted together with the BundID (federal digital ID account). Digital services are to be offered in a uniform, accessible, and multilingual way. The state's IT is to be sovereign and fully European in design. Staff and managers are to be trained through a change management process. A framework is planned for testing and using artificial intelligence in government that respects civil rights, rules out discrimination, and is transparent. Municipalities are to receive central IT services from the state, and the state agency for data and information is to be developed further.

The Greens want above all to enable children and teenagers to use digital media in a self-determined and critical way, while also creating safeguards. At the federal level, platforms are to face stronger obligations and effective age checks are to be introduced.

Children should learn to use the internet well. For the Greens, a phone ban alone is not enough. Platforms like Instagram should check users' age. There should be networks against sexual violence online.

In the party's view, phone bans are not enough unless they come with effective media education. At the federal level, it wants to push for social media providers to bear more responsibility and to verify their users' age effectively. The #ScrollNichtWeg campaign is to continue in the state. Together with police, schools, and specialist agencies, statewide prevention networks against sexualized violence online are to be set up.

The Greens want to equip schools with digital infrastructure, devices and technical support and aim for free digital learning materials. Instead of blanket cell phone bans, students are to learn to deal critically with media and AI.

Schools should get good technology and devices. There should be help when problems come up. Teachers should be trained to use digital tools. Children should learn to spot fakes online. The Greens do not want a general phone ban.

Students, teachers and other staff are to get suitable devices. The platform says teachers need training for digital tools. Training is to focus especially on AI, deepfakes and checking sources. Digital learning is also meant to make learning more accessible and closer to everyday life.