Question 14128 — digital

Summary

Ms. Cyrielle Chatelain questions the Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and People with Disabilities about the digital travel guide, how to support your child in their exploration. This guide is intended for families, about the risks of digital technology, designed according to the introductory words of the document, "to offer simple benchmarks, concrete advice and tools adapted to each age", distributed in partnership between others with Arcom and cybermalveillance.gouv.fr, and presented in the colors of the French Republic. However, this guide was designed by Google and YouTube: the logos of these American digital giants are displayed in very large size on the cover and the final page. Throughout the 20 pages, the mentions of these two private players in Big Tech are constant, through references, advertisements, iconography. Google applications and YouTube, Family Link and YouTube Kids, are explicitly described and recommended to readers with the credit and encouragement of the French State under the heading “Putting in place the right tools” on pages 8 and 9; but also recommended for “learning something new for school” on page 10 or “for learning and better understanding the world” by following YouTube channels, page 11; and then adolescents are encouraged to use Google’s AI assistant, Gemini, “to deepen their knowledge” on page 14; and parents to click on an awareness program financed by Google on page 17. All in all, this guide is an ode to the supposed virtues of two digital behemoths, whose practices we know are, on the contrary, extremely toxic for digital users: addictive algorithms, privileged violent and hateful content because they bring in more money, looting of personal data, commercial targeting of people, etc. In the introduction to the guide, the Minister indicates that it is necessary to “prevent exposure to unsuitable content” and “limit exposure to violent content and addiction mechanisms created by certain platforms”. And on page 19, it is specified that to learn how to fight against digital threats, you must: “ preserve your personal data. She would like to know why she agrees to preface a document produced by private actors whose economic model is based on the addiction, including of the youngest, to the products of the platforms. She would also like to know why public structures distribute this document, and why not promote CNIL tools like FantomApp.

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