The PSOE candidate for President of the Government of Aragon, Pilar Alegría, presented this Friday a document that she will send to the rest of the political forces and to social and union entities, which includes a commitment for a “clean” campaign, without insults or personal attacksalso in a digital environment, and in which artificial intelligence and new technologies are not used to “deceive or manipulate”.
“We have 37 days of electoral campaign ahead of us and at least my commitment is that we have a clean electoral campaign in Aragon, where the usual trend is proposalshe dialogue and especially the I respect“, Alegría said during a meeting with the media at the Socialists’ headquarters in Zaragoza.
To this end, he drafted a document entitled “Commitment to a clean campaign” in six points to face the elections of “the coexistencehe I respect and the democratic values“and guarantee that the campaign is “a space of ideas, proposals and a shared future, and not a field of insults, lies or self-serving noise,” the document states.
“The Aragonese, of course, deserve this clean campaign and what they deserve is to listen to our proposals and completely move away from the noise”, reiterated the socialist candidate, who underlined the respect in the digital sphereeven if “obviously these proposals can and must be debated and compared with those of the rest of the political groups”, but always in a discussion based on respect.
A six-point document for a clean campaign
In this sense, he insisted that new technologies and AI serve as tools that allow citizens to approach politics and “in no case” as “hateful platforms or to deceive citizens“. Concretely, the document specifies in its first point that the campaign must be confronted “with ideas, work and proposals” and not “with personal attacks, insidiousness or lies”.
The second point invites political representatives to “be example of dialogue, respect and coexistence democratic, even in the digital environment. » Under the title “Everything does not happen in politics”, the third point underlines that “everything does not happen” and rejects “insults, harassment, disinformation and the use of anonymous, automated or coordinated profiles to intoxicate public debate”.
Likewise, it calls for criticisms and complaints to be made “responsibly, based on evidence and through appropriate channels”. Finally, he advocates responsible use of technological tools and condemns “all forms of violence, intimidation or vandalism”.
Urges other parties to join this commitment
Alegría recalled that all political forces signed a similar commitment for the 2024 European elections and that this commitment was also mentioned during elections in other countries such as Canada or Germany.
“I hope and I want to believe that all political forcesand they will add to this good tone, it is also the tone that citizens expect from all of us”, he declared, while pleading for “that we completely move away from noise, hatred and insults in this electoral campaign”. “I have no doubt that there will be unanimity to give Aragon a clean campaign”, he confided.
The leader of the PSOE of Aragon assured that “when hatred reaches the digital environment, this hatred is also transferred to politics and society”, and she was direct: “Of course I’m not going to go through that.”. Concerning the use of “bots” on social networks, he invited us to ask ourselves “who is behind these campaigns and, above all, who benefits” and clarified that “this cannot be the case”.
Report “lies” from anonymous network bots
Alegría did not evaluate the responses that arrive through social networks, but warned that she was going to put her “foot on the wall” against these “bots” and those “anonymous armies” which aim to “play with lies” and “dehumanize the political opponent”: “I’m certainly not going to go through that and I won’t tolerate it either.”
Furthermore, he considered that “as an electoral campaign unfolds, it is governed”, so if it becomes “a negative space, where only noise and division are generated, the main victims will be the citizens”.
When asked if she thought the insults and responses she received were different because she was a woman, she claimed that upon entering social media she “quickly” concluded that the insults women receive, whether in the political sphere or in any other professional field, “always have the same tone”, different from those directed at a man.
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