Technology & Digital Rights
Innovation with accountability, privacy protections, and equitable digital access.
Technology should empower people — not exploit them. The Halcyon Party believes in an open, secure, and ethical digital future that protects individual rights, fosters innovation, and holds power accountable. We don’t fetishize tech, and we don’t fear it. We govern it.
Digital Privacy is a Civil Right
Your data shouldn’t be for sale — or seizure.
We support:
Comprehensive national data privacy legislation, modeled after the GDPR, with opt-in consent and clear data usage disclosures.
The right to be forgotten, allowing users to delete personal data from platforms and data brokers.
Strict limits on government surveillance, including warrant requirements for digital content and metadata.
Regulate AI Before It Regulates Us
Powerful algorithms need public guardrails.
We propose:
Algorithmic transparency laws: if an AI system affects your housing, employment, medical care, or legal status, you have the right to know how it made its decision.
Bias audits and fairness testing for high-impact AI tools, especially in policing, hiring, and financial lending.
Ban on facial recognition in law enforcement until independent oversight mechanisms and bias corrections are proven.
Free Speech in the Digital Public Square
Platforms aren’t just websites — they’re where democracy happens.
We support:
Transparency requirements for content moderation policies, including appeals processes and independent ombudsman review boards.
Digital due process rights for users banned or de-platformed by major platforms.
Section 230 reform that distinguishes between platforms acting as neutral hosts vs. editorial publishers.
Universal Broadband = Digital Infrastructure
Access to the internet is access to opportunity.
We advocate:
Broadband access as a utility, with public investment in underserved areas and community-run fiber cooperatives.
Affordability benchmarks for ISPs, with price transparency and anti-monopoly enforcement.
Device subsidies and digital literacy programs, especially for seniors and low-income families.
Open Science & Tech for the Public Good
Government-funded research should benefit the public — not just patent holders.
We propose:
Open access mandates for federally funded research and datasets.
Tech transfer reforms that ensure licensing agreements include affordability and access clauses.
Public-interest technology incubators, connecting research with civic problem-solving.
Cybersecurity as National Security
Our critical infrastructure is only as strong as its weakest password.
We support:
National cyber readiness audits for energy, healthcare, elections, and communications infrastructure.
Cyber incident response teams with real-time support for municipalities and small businesses.
Public-private threat-sharing partnerships, with legal safeguards for whistleblowers and vulnerability disclosure.
Digital Rights for the Next Generation
Children shouldn’t be productized.
We advocate:
Stricter regulations on data collection from minors, including age-appropriate design standards for apps and websites.
Time-limit and content transparency features required on platforms targeting or used by children.
Research funding on the impacts of screen use, algorithms, and social media on developing brains.
Tech Accountability
Being a billionaire doesn’t make you a policymaker.
We propose:
Sunlight laws for platform algorithms, especially those influencing elections, health, and financial markets.
Whistleblower protections and independent audits for major tech platforms and AI firms.
Tech ethics review panels for public-sector procurement — no more handing out blank checks for buzzwords.