“AI helps us prevent serious crimes.”
AI surveillance Act of 2019
Rationale
Today the world are running behind AI technologies. Every technology are good and safety for people unless it is unregulated. So this proposal uses AI technology in regulated manner for surveillance to ensure the peoples safety and to downscale the crime rates in upcoming years
Proposed Changes
| Law | Previous | Proposed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI Surveillance & Predictive Policing |
Ban AI surveillance & facial recognition
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Regulated, warrant-based, targeted use
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AI Surveillance & Predictive PolicingProposer
Party
Saxenheim Republic
The Saxenheim Republic forges progress with iron resolve and disciplined vision guiding every citizen toward strength and unity.
Core pillars
Clara Neumann
Activist · Age 35
Clara Neumann rose from factory floors to podiums, her working-class roots fueling her ability to articulate the frustrations of ordinary citizens while her sharp mind and media savvy make her the party’s most compelling voice.
Timeline
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Draft26 November 2019
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Vote Open26 November 2019
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Vote Closed25 January 2020
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Did Not Become Law25 January 2020
Vote tally
Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.
Bundesrat
FailedFor: 6 / 69 seats (8.7%)
Against: 37 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 26
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance For Digital Freedom And Rights | 16 | No | ADFR's strongly opposed to this proposal. As a digital-first party, we monitor very closely policy debate on AI, with some of our members being first-class computer scientists. AI models need to follow a clear set of rules, with a human in the middle, always, and explicit limits: surveillance and facial recognition are a red line for us, as these tools might be the first step towards the establishment of an Orwellian dystopia. As Homeland Alliance's illegal arrest of our own David Braun showed, not even our democracy is immune from authoritarian impulses. |
| Competence And Freedom | 8 | No | We consider the usage of AI for surveillance a blatant invasion of privacy that cannot be allowed under any circumstances. |
| Homeland Alliance | 0 | Yes | AI helps us prevent serious crimes. |
| Left Forward | 13 | No | Our government drew a clear line when we banned AI surveillance. We did so because privacy and civil liberties are easier to lose than to get back. Once these systems are switched on, calls for wider use usually follow. We don't think the state should have that power in the first place. |
| Saxenheim Republic Proposer | 6 | Yes | We support this as banning a technology completely because of considering some of its cons and disregarding its various pros is not a right decision for a great nation. the AI technology should be regulated to ensure that the pros of the technology is used safely instead banning the total AI technology for surveillance. doing this would definitely reduces the crime rates with the safety of the people from facial recognition because of its regulation |
| Saxenheim Workers’ Union | 0 | Yes | Modern technology like AI should be used to strengthen public safety and uphold law and order. Regulated, targeted use of AI surveillance gives law enforcement effective tools to combat crime while ensuring its use remains subject to legal oversight and focused on genuine threats. |
| Empty seats | 5 | Not voted |
Bundestag
FailedFor: 53 / 650 seats (8.2%)
Against: 354 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 243
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance For Digital Freedom And Rights | 151 | No | ADFR's strongly opposed to this proposal. As a digital-first party, we monitor very closely policy debate on AI, with some of our members being first-class computer scientists. AI models need to follow a clear set of rules, with a human in the middle, always, and explicit limits: surveillance and facial recognition are a red line for us, as these tools might be the first step towards the establishment of an Orwellian dystopia. As Homeland Alliance's illegal arrest of our own David Braun showed, not even our democracy is immune from authoritarian impulses. |
| Competence And Freedom | 77 | No | We consider the usage of AI for surveillance a blatant invasion of privacy that cannot be allowed under any circumstances. |
| Homeland Alliance | 0 | Yes | AI helps us prevent serious crimes. |
| Left Forward | 126 | No | Our government drew a clear line when we banned AI surveillance. We did so because privacy and civil liberties are easier to lose than to get back. Once these systems are switched on, calls for wider use usually follow. We don't think the state should have that power in the first place. |
| Saxenheim Republic Proposer | 53 | Yes | We support this as banning a technology completely because of considering some of its cons and disregarding its various pros is not a right decision for a great nation. the AI technology should be regulated to ensure that the pros of the technology is used safely instead banning the total AI technology for surveillance. doing this would definitely reduces the crime rates with the safety of the people from facial recognition because of its regulation |
| Saxenheim Workers’ Union | 0 | Yes | Modern technology like AI should be used to strengthen public safety and uphold law and order. Regulated, targeted use of AI surveillance gives law enforcement effective tools to combat crime while ensuring its use remains subject to legal oversight and focused on genuine threats. |
| Empty seats | 52 | Not voted |
Voting record
Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.
“ADFR's strongly opposed to this proposal. As a digital-first party, we monitor very closely policy debate on AI, with some of our members being first-class computer scientists. AI models need to follow a clear set of rules, with a human in the middle, always, and explicit limits: surveillance and facial recognition are a red line for us, as these tools might be the first step towards the establishment of an Orwellian dystopia. As Homeland Alliance's illegal arrest of our own David Braun showed, not even our democracy is immune from authoritarian impulses.”
“Our government drew a clear line when we banned AI surveillance. We did so because privacy and civil liberties are easier to lose than to get back. Once these systems are switched on, calls for wider use usually follow. We don't think the state should have that power in the first place.”
“We consider the usage of AI for surveillance a blatant invasion of privacy that cannot be allowed under any circumstances.”
“Modern technology like AI should be used to strengthen public safety and uphold law and order. Regulated, targeted use of AI surveillance gives law enforcement effective tools to combat crime while ensuring its use remains subject to legal oversight and focused on genuine threats.”
“We support this as banning a technology completely because of considering some of its cons and disregarding its various pros is not a right decision for a great nation. the AI technology should be regulated to ensure that the pros of the technology is used safely instead banning the total AI technology for surveillance. doing this would definitely reduces the crime rates with the safety of the people from facial recognition because of its regulation”