The Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group adopted, on Wednesday 8 February, a document setting out its priorities for digital issues.
In its position paper, the S&D first calls for a focus on the right to disconnect and the digital divide so that the EU “quickly closes” its gaps in Internet access or guarantees as well of “appropriate use of electronic services by all”.
To achieve this, the group’s position paper identifies 13 areas of action on which efforts should be focused, such as digital education, gender equality, taxation, cybersecurity, data, infrastructure and the digitalisation of healthcare.
“The EU must empower all citizens to understand and use digital technology in their daily lives while protecting them from indecent working conditions or unfair digital practices” commented S&D Vice-President Alex Agius Saliba (Maltese).
The political group also wants to work on consumer protection with increased transparency and, in particular, the development of “fair artificial intelligence in the EU for algorithms and online political campaigns as well as when it comes to guaranteeing privacy, data protection and other fundamental rights”.
The group, the document says, also wants to push for “tackling dark models, targeted advertising or disinformation head-on, and banning surveillance and ‘social scoring’ practices”.
See the document: https://aeur.eu/f/59f (Original version in French by Thomas Mangin)