Overview
- The CDU–SPD coalition advanced a 736-page ASOG draft augmented by about 170 pages after the latest committee session, with a second reading and possible final vote set for December 4.
- An added provision authorizes automated matching of faces and voices of suspects’ contacts against publicly available internet data.
- The bill enables permanent video surveillance with AI-driven behavior analysis at police-defined high-crime areas, covert device intrusion to install state malware, and cell-site metadata queries without notifying those affected.
- Greens and Left lawmakers say intervention thresholds are lowered so intrusive measures can target people merely deemed likely to offend as well as their associates, and that expert criticism was largely ignored.
- Berlin’s data protection authority deems expanded biometric searches disproportionate and flags risks from self-learning systems and personality profiling, while the police union argues stronger tools are needed against terrorism and organized crime.