The AfD, a German extreme right party, showed their true colours again, this time in yesterday‘s hearing with @alineblankertz at the Digital Committee of the German parliament.
The hearing dealt with a German law that complements the EU Data Governance Act. But instead of debating that law, the AfD revealed how it intends to use data for their nationalist, divisive agenda.
The AfD called for a detailed public database on individuals who have become German citizens in order to promote their völkisch, racist worldview and to target the weakest of society.
They misuse the democratic institution of a public hearing to make suggestive, inflammatory statements against experts. This proves once more that there is no such thing as neutral policy areas: Digital policy must be anti-fascist and all civil society must stand together.
The full hearing (in German) can be found here: bundestag.de/dokumente/textarc…
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