3 current election programs in Saarland have points on this topic.
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Program for the 2022 Saarland state election
The AfD wants to repeal the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) and abolish upload filters because, in its view, both restrict freedom of expression. Courts, not platform operators, should decide whether content is permissible.
The AfD wants to get rid of the NetzDG. This is a law against illegal content on social networks. Upload filters should go too. The AfD says both limit free speech. Only courts should decide about content on the internet.
The AfD wants to expand digital public administration and make processes leaner and more uniform. Citizens should still be able to choose whether to handle official business online or in person, and to pay fees in cash.
The AfD wants more government services online. The steps should become simpler. But people should still be able to go to the office in person. Everyone should choose for themselves. People should always be able to pay fees in cash.
The AfD wants a state-run funding program to close gaps in the mobile network, along with fast internet for the whole population. It cites disadvantages for the business location, people being unreachable in emergencies, and falling property values.
Saarland has many dead zones. In these places, cell phones have no signal. The AfD wants a state funding program to fix this. Everyone should get fast internet. This includes rural areas and areas near the border.
Program for the 2022 Saarland state election
The CDU wants administrative procedures to run digitally from application to decision, supported by artificial intelligence. Staff are to be relieved of routine work and have more time for citizens and businesses.
Applications to public offices should be fully digital. This goes from the request to the answer. Computer programs with artificial intelligence should help. Staff then have to type in less data. They have more time for people.
The CDU wants to create a central cyber agency that brings together the state's IT units. It is to develop services for digital modernization of the administration and be available to state and municipal authorities on a voluntary basis.
The CDU wants to set up a cyber agency. This is a central office for the state's computer technology. It should bring all IT units together. State and town offices can use its services. This is voluntary.
The CDU wants to reduce the administration's dependence on outside IT providers and calls for a sovereign cloud for public-sector workplaces. Open-source software and open standards can contribute, but the party rejects a ban on proprietary software.
Public offices often depend on big computer companies. The CDU wants to change that. The administration should get its own secure cloud. A cloud is storage on the internet. Freely available software can help with this. But the CDU does not want to ban other software.
The CDU wants to use digital tools to turn villages, municipalities and mid-sized towns into "smart regions." It cites the "Smart Wendeler Land" project as the model. The goal is equal living conditions across all municipalities.
The CDU wants to make villages and towns more digital. A project in the St. Wendel area is the model. People in the countryside should live as well as people in cities.
The CDU wants to strengthen eGo-Saar, the joint IT association of Saarland's municipalities. Shared standards are meant to cut operating and maintenance effort and improve IT security.
Towns in Saarland share an IT association. It is called eGo-Saar. The CDU wants to make it stronger. This should save work and make computers safer.
The CDU wants gigabit fiber-optic networks to become the standard throughout Saarland. Network operators are to build most of it; where that fails, the state would spend 100 million euros in subsidies.
The CDU wants very fast internet everywhere. That needs fiber-optic cables. Companies should build them first. Where that does not work, the state will add money.
The CDU wants to close the remaining mobile dead zones in Saarland and roll out 5G quickly across the whole state. It plans to do this together with the federal government and network operators.
Some places have no cell phone signal. The CDU wants to close these gaps. The new fast 5G network should soon work everywhere.
The CDU wants to proactively release non-personal government data free of charge for research and business. Saarland is to become an "open government data state." Protection of personal data is to apply without compromise.
Government offices collect a lot of data. Some data is not about single persons. The CDU wants to open this data to everyone for free. Researchers and companies should be able to use it. Personal data stays protected.
The CDU wants data in digital government to be stored only once, in a decentralized way, at the responsible agency. Citizens should be able to see which agency has accessed their data.
Government offices should store data only once. Each office stores only its own data. Other offices ask for the data there. Citizens should see who looked at their data.
The CDU wants to create a "Cyberwehr" (cyber response unit) that also includes volunteer IT security experts. It would support security agencies and operators of critical infrastructure in major incidents.
The CDU wants to start a cyber response unit. It is a group of computer experts. Volunteers should also take part. They help when there are big attacks from the internet.
The CDU supports the call for a nationwide DigitalPaktKita (digital pact for daycare). It is to cover not only technical equipment for daycare centers but also child-appropriate concepts for using digital media.
The CDU wants a program for digital technology in daycare. Daycare centers should get devices. There should also be plans for how children learn well with them. Staff should get training for this.
The CDU wants to push ahead with digitizing the justice system using significantly more staff and resources. Citizens are to get online access to the courts through a virtual legal application office and a virtual service point.
The CDU wants to make the courts digital. There should be more staff and more money for this. People should be able to file requests with a court online. There should also be an online help desk.
The CDU wants to limit the power of large media corporations and set clear legal requirements for internet platforms. Deletions and blocks are to follow media law rather than the operators' discretion. Services should also be usable with little personal data.
The CDU wants to limit the power of big media companies. There should be clear rules for internet platforms. Operators should not decide alone what to delete or block. Users should have to give up only little personal data.
The CDU wants criminal hate speech online to be prosecuted, not just deleted. Age-restricted content is to require secure age verification. In addition, media literacy among children and adults is to grow.
The CDU wants to prosecute hate on the internet when it is a crime. The people behind it should be found. For some content, age should be checked securely. Children and adults should learn to use media well.
The CDU wants to turn the Landesamt für Soziales (State Office for Social Affairs) into a front-runner for digital administration. Application procedures are to be redesigned so that people with disabilities get their benefits simply and quickly.
The State Office for Social Affairs should work digitally. Applications should become easier. People with disabilities should get their support faster. Staff at the office should have more time for advice.
Program for the 2022 Saarland state election
The SPD regards fast internet as a basic public service and wants access written into law. Broadband and mobile coverage are to be available everywhere; where the market fails to deliver, the state is to step in.
Everyone should have fast internet. This should be written in the law. Mobile coverage should be good in the countryside too. If companies do not build the network, the state should help. Schools get fiber first.
The SPD wants to offer government services online faster and catch up on implementing the Online Access Act. It plans a Saarland app, a central state digitization platform, and joint digitization of the municipalities.
The SPD wants people to handle government business online. There should be a Saarland app for this. The services should be easy and in plain language. The state should help towns with this.
The SPD wants to support small and mid-sized companies in going digital while protecting workers' rights. New digital forms of employment are to be covered by social insurance, and further training is to prepare workers for change.
The SPD wants to help small firms go digital. Workers should keep their rights. People who work through online platforms should have social protection too. There should be more training.
The SPD calls for transparent, verifiable, and non-discriminatory algorithms that authorities can inspect. It commits to net neutrality and data sovereignty and wants to expand digital education for all age groups.
Computer programs should be fair and open to checks. Authorities should be able to inspect them. Everyone should decide about their own data. The SPD wants more education on digital topics. Daycare centers should get digital equipment too.