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Digital control of the workplace: the state must set limits
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The digital revolution is an unprecedented revolution. The invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg was nothing compared to that. The same applies to the invention of the automobile. Digitization with artificial intelligence, where the crowning glory covers all areas of life. It’s a good thing the federal government now wants to set boundaries, at least in the world of work.
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Especially used smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers already provide information about our existence outside the world of work. What we read, who we communicate with, where we travel, how active we are in online banking and how good we are in sports – nothing is hidden from iPhones and Android devices. It’s a kind of display board that we restock every day and fortunately not everyone can see.
We have no control over the data we leave behind as employees in factories, offices, or hospitals. When in doubt, it should be established by politicians. Home Secretary Nancy Visser and Employment Secretary Hubertus Hill now appear determined to do just that. It is a classic social democratic task.
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Monitoring should not take place. It should also be a matter of course in the application process that only characteristics relevant to a potential future job be screened. Apart from exceptional cases, video recordings of workers alone are also prohibited. It will be difficult for the state to monitor this. The same goes for the computer on which this comment was written: when in doubt, it knows more than the boss needs to know.
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