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Needs-Based policies on technological issues

These issues below are sorted in descending order based on how important the average Canadian voter ranked them on the quiz.

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Technology  ›  Ethical Artificial Intelligence

Should the government regulate artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure ethical use?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes, and make it a criminal offense to create artificial videos of real people without their consent

Technology  ›  AI Copyright Liability

Should AI companies be required to compensate creators when their copyrighted work is used to train AI models?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes, scraping copyrighted intellectual property without permission is massive-scale digital theft

Technology  ›  Online Harms Pre-Crime

Should judges have the power to place citizens under house arrest if they are suspected of committing a future online hate crime?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes, but only with strict judicial oversight and a high burden of proof to prevent the weaponization of the justice system against political dissidents

Technology  ›  Police Access to DNA

Should law enforcement be allowed to access commercial DNA databases, like Ancestry or 23andMe, to solve crimes?

NB>NB  ChatGPTNo, people submitted DNA for heritage insights, not to become accidental informants against their family.

Technology  ›  Self Hosted Digital Wallets

Should citizens be allowed to secure their money in self-hosted digital wallets that the government can monitor but not control?

NB>NB  ChatGPTNo, and ban digital wallets that do not contain backdoor access for government agencies

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Technology  ›  Social Media Regulation

Should the government mandate that large tech companies share their algorithms with regulators?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes, and all software and algorithms should be open source

Technology  ›  Paying for News Links

Should tech giants like Google and Meta be required to pay Canadian media outlets for displaying news content?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes, big tech profits from journalism while starving local newsrooms of revenue.

Technology  ›  Abolishing the Indian Act

Should the government abolish the Indian Act?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes, and replace it with a modern agreement that guarantees Indigenous self-governance

Technology  ›  Cryptocurrencies

Should the government implement stricter regulations on the use of cryptocurrencies?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes, the government should screen cryptocurrencies before circulation to ensure legitimate value and exchange rates

Technology  ›  Artwork Investment Contracts

Should artists be held to the same reporting and disclosure requirements as hedge funds, mutual funds, and public companies when selling their artwork?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes, but only if the sales price is high enough to justify it as an investment

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