4 current election programs in Bavaria have points on this topic.
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Program for the 2023 Bavaria state election
The AfD rejects a state that digitally monitors and controls its citizens. It opposes abolishing cash, introducing a "digital identity," and a personal CO2 budget.
The AfD does not want a state that watches people digitally. Cash should stay. The AfD is against a digital identity. It is also against a personal CO2 budget. That would be a fixed amount of CO2 for each person.
The AfD wants to finish the rollout of wired broadband across Bavaria, preferably with fiber, and to secure mobile coverage in rural areas. Equipment should come only from state-certified suppliers; companies controlled by China should not take part.
The AfD wants fast internet everywhere in Bavaria. Fiber cables should be used most of all. Cell phone service should also be good in the countryside. The equipment should come only from approved companies. Companies under the control of China's ruling party should not take part.
The AfD wants to abolish the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO in German) and replace it with a shorter privacy law that it says would cause less red tape. At the same time, end-to-end encryption should become the legal standard, and the party rejects a central personal identifier in government registers.
The AfD wants to get rid of the GDPR. That is an EU rule that protects personal data. A new, shorter law should replace it. Messages should always be encrypted. The state should not use one ID number for each person across all offices.
The AfD wants Bavaria to implement the Onlinezugangsgesetz (Online Access Act) quickly and thereby further digitize government procedures. Contacting the administration in person should remain easy.
The AfD wants government offices in Bavaria to go digital faster. People should be able to do more online. But they should still be able to visit an office in person easily. Cities and towns should work together on the technology.
Program for the 2023 Bavaria state election
The Free Voters want to digitize public administration throughout and offer government services electronically everywhere. A voluntary electronic citizen account is meant to spare people from entering the same data again and again.
The Free Voters want public offices to work digitally. People should be able to do things online. There should be a voluntary citizen account on the internet. Then people do not have to enter the same details many times.
The Free Voters want to bring fiber-optic service to all of Bavaria, expand 5G and mobile coverage, and fully digitize public administration. Net neutrality is to be strictly enforced.
The Free Voters want fast internet everywhere in Bavaria. Every connection should get fiber-optic service. People should be able to file government forms fully online. All data on the internet should be treated equally.
Program for the 2023 Bavaria state election
The Greens want to speed up the rollout of fiber to every home and mobile coverage without dead zones. A 500-euro voucher is meant to encourage households and small businesses to connect. The party sees a gap-free network as a precondition for equal participation.
The Greens want fast internet in every home. Dead zones for cell phones should also disappear. Households and small firms would get a 500-euro voucher for fiber. The rollout would start in rural areas.
The Greens want to make dealings with public authorities digital and simpler, with uniform portals and a single login. Public data is to be made freely available, and the state is to rely more on open-source software and end-to-end encryption.
The Greens want to make public offices digital. The fax machine should go. Everyone should be able to handle official matters on simple websites. The state should open much of its data to all. State software should be well encrypted.
The Greens want to support companies, especially small and mid-sized ones, in going digital and to orient Bavaria's IT sector toward sustainability. New data centers are to run climate-neutral from 2027, and public authorities are to buy IT according to sustainability rules.
The Greens want to help companies go digital. Small firms in particular should get help. From 2027, new data centers should no longer harm the climate. Their waste heat should warm buildings. Public offices should buy eco-friendly computer equipment.
The Greens want every Bavarian municipality to have at least 50 megabits and a fiber-optic connection by 2030. In addition, municipalities are to get help strengthening culture, meeting places and new forms of housing in rural areas.
The Greens want fast internet all over Bavaria. By 2030, every town should have fiber. Fiber is a very fast cable for the internet. Culture in rural areas should also get more help. Examples are theaters, clubs and museums.
The Greens want every Bavarian municipality to hold the "Kommunale IT-Sicherheit" (municipal IT security) seal by 2024. The platform argues that municipalities are increasingly targeted by hackers and that smaller ones in particular are poorly prepared.
Hackers attack towns more and more often. The Greens say small towns are not well prepared. By 2024, all towns should have a seal for IT security. The seal shows that the town's computers are well protected.
Program for the 2023 Bavaria state election
The SPD wants fiber-to-the-home connections and the latest mobile standard everywhere in Bavaria, in cities, villages and border regions. It intends to achieve this through statutory rollout and coverage obligations with interim targets, since mid-sized rural companies in particular depend on fast internet.
The SPD wants fast internet everywhere in Bavaria. This should apply in cities and in villages. A law should require companies to build the networks. The 5G mobile network should also be available everywhere.
The SPD wants the main government services to be available digitally and without barriers. Benefits a person is entitled to are to be paid automatically or with a single click, and people are to control for themselves who may access their data.
The SPD wants people to handle government business online. Some benefits should come automatically, without an application. Everyone should decide who may see their data. The services should be easy for all to use.
The SPD wants to press for a digital tax on the revenue of large digital companies so that society shares in the internet's economic power. In addition, Bavaria is to lead in using and developing European digital technology to strengthen technological sovereignty.
The SPD wants a new tax for big internet companies. The companies should hand over part of their revenue. Bavaria should also use and develop more technology from Europe. This includes a European cloud and a platform for artificial intelligence.