Stop mass surveillance!

In recent weeks, AlgorithmWatch.org has submitted 166,426 signatures on a petition addressed to Interior Minister Dobrindt to various parties in the Bundestag. At the Interior Ministry, the petition was received by at least the head of the Public Security Department. There are now already over 169,000 signatures. What is this about?

Stop Dobrindt’s Surveillance Plans – No to Palantir & Co. for the Police and Government Agencies!

AlgorithmWatch.org demands: AI-powered mass surveillance and automated data analysis must not become law. We call on Federal Interior Minister Dobrindt to stop the draft legislation. Faces and voices from the internet are to be automatically recognized and matched against biometric data from police databases. Photos from demonstrations, public events, or private parties: Anything that is publicly accessible could be used for identification — based on massive databases containing AI-generated biometric profiles.

Even worse, the proposed rules would actually allow such facial recognition searches to be outsourced to private companies abroad. This would make it virtually impossible to control what happens to the data and who ultimately ends up with it. At the same time, the whole thing is linked to a permit for automated data analysis, such as that offered by the U.S. company Palantir: Huge amounts of data from population registries, health and social services agencies, banks, telecommunications providers, or social media can be merged and analyzed using such software. Such systems can be used to create detailed personality profiles without the individuals concerned knowing what data is being processed or how the software arrives at its conclusions.

AlgorithmWatch.org now offers a website where you can send a personalized email to your elected representatives. Get involved — we must keep up the pressure on the Ministry of the Interior!

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Read more https://algorithmwatch.org/de/ihre-e-mail-an-den-bundestag-massenuberwachung-und-datenanalysen-verhindern-campact/

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