2023-09-21 17:11:37
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has to deal with another problem that she says she cannot fully understand: the digital age. The chairman of the committee, Patrick Breyer, a representative of the European Parliament, was sharply criticized for not being able to see the dangers inherent in digital censorship for European citizens. The member of the faction of the German Pirate Party expressed his opinion after Von der Leyen gave a speech entitled “The State of the European Union” to the representatives of the parliament in the middle of the week. In this speech, he simultaneously praised the already adopted EU censorship laws (Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act) and commented on the upcoming EU legislation to deal with artificial intelligence issues. According to Von der Leyen, regarding the proposal referred to as the “AI Law”, an “expert group” should be created that deals with the potential dangers of AI. According to Breyer, Von der Leyen has a lot to write about. According to him, while the chairman of the committee “uncritically cheers digitization, he would burn our data because of the profit interests of the industry, and he simply failed to understand the digital age.” As he says, these “unethical, […] the fundamental rights of EU citizens were manifested in legislative proposals that trample on their feet.” In his serious criticism, Breyer says that through the Digital Services Act, Von der Leyen (more precisely, the institution whose head “gave his blessing to the surveillance capitalism of the technology industry.” “The fact that Europe now wants to involve representatives of these companies ( EU) in the field of artificial intelligence, fits well into this picture,” Breyer stated, and then warned: “With his proposal for the AI law, he wants to pave the way for mass biometric surveillance of the public.” In his further comments, Von der Leyen criticized his past. , including the text message exchanges he had with the CEO of Pfizer about multi-billion dollar deals, which he has not yet intended to make public despite the laws in force. wants Von der Leyen to leave his post as soon as possible.
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