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GOP 2024 Platform Talks About Technology
WASHINGTON, July 9, 2024 – The Republican Party of 2024 platformmade public Monday ahead of next week’s convention in Milwaukee, includes a call to foster innovation in emerging technology sectors.
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The GOP party platform also pledged to roll back some Democratic policies regulating cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence. It also pledged to support “Buy American and Hire American” policies to support the middle class.
“Republicans will pave the way for future economic greatness by leading the world in emerging industries,” the GOP platform stated.
The platform, approved by the Republican National Committee’s platform committee, will serve as a political roadmap in the event that the President Donald Trump he was elected president in November.
Specifically, the GOP platform promised to reverse the Biden administration’s “illegal and un-American” crackdown on cryptocurrencies, but did not specify which policies would be repealed.
The GOP has said it will work to ensure that the public can have self-custody of digital assets, mine Bitcoin, and conduct transactions without government oversight. The platform has also opposed the creation of a central bank for digital currency.
On artificial intelligence, the GOP platform said it would overturn the president’s decision by Joe Biden Executive order on artificial intelligence, which the document says has hindered innovation and imposed “radical left-wing ideas” on the sector.
In 2023 Executive OrderBiden has sought to prevent algorithmic discrimination, mitigate potential job displacement, and protect user privacy.
“In its place, Republicans support the development of artificial intelligence based on free speech and human flourishing,” the GOP platform said.
In support of the Buy American Hire American policy, the GOP platform said it would support a ban on companies that outsource jobs from “doing business” with the federal government.