Tierschutzpartei on digital affairs

The Tierschutzpartei wants to hold large platforms accountable when they moderate content inadequately and demands consistent fact-checking in broadcasting and the press. Online hate crime, threats and cyberbullying are to be prosecuted more strictly.

The Tierschutzpartei wants to act against false news online. Large platforms should check content better. If not, they should be held liable. The state should pursue online hate and threats more strictly. All young people should have access to devices and the internet.

Fact-checks are to take place in public and other broadcasting and in print media as well. Protection against online bullying, breaches of data protection and privacy, and cybercrime is to be expanded, including through international rules for the internet. Public broadcasting is to be reformed further and work in a scientific and non-discriminatory way.

The Tierschutzpartei wants to equip low-income households with laptops or tablets free of charge. In its view, digital participation is a prerequisite for education, work and social life. Older people are to get help using digital technology.

Poor households should get a laptop or tablet for free. That is what the Tierschutzpartei wants. Then everyone can learn and work online. Older people should get free courses on digital technology.

The aim is to close the digital divide and promote equal opportunity. The programs for older people are to be easy to access, practical and free.

The Tierschutzpartei wants websites, apps and online services to be usable by people with impairments. It calls for a stronger legal obligation to ensure digital inclusion.

The Tierschutzpartei wants digital services without barriers. People with impairments should be able to use websites and apps too. The party wants stricter rules for this.

The platform names three approaches: promoting standards for accessible design, using assistive technologies, and tightening the legal duty of digital inclusion. The goal is for everyone to take part in digital life without restrictions.

The Tierschutzpartei wants to extend the mobile network and community Wi-Fi (Freifunk) across Germany and roll out fiber everywhere. Public facilities should offer free Wi-Fi.

The Tierschutzpartei wants better cell phone coverage all over Germany. Fast fiber internet should reach every place. Public buildings should offer free Wi-Fi.

The newest mobile generation in particular is to be built out. A nationwide broadband rollout with modern fiber networks is also planned. Wi-Fi hotspots in public facilities should be open, secure and free. The platform says this will create up-to-date digital infrastructure.

The Tierschutzpartei calls for a dedicated digital ministry to coordinate digitalization across several policy areas. It also wants fewer bureaucratic hurdles and government services available both online and in person.

The Tierschutzpartei wants a ministry just for digital matters. It should steer digitalization. Dealing with offices should get easier. People should be able to do things online or in person.

The ministry is to coordinate tasks in education, internal security, the world of work and civil rights. On red tape, the platform demands that important documents be available in plain language. People who struggle with paperwork because of language or lack of knowledge should get help.