The program is the subject of strong criticisms from defenders of privacy after members of the DOGE have accessed databases from several American federal organizations.
President Donald Trump and his advisor Elon Musk both defended budget cuts and federal positions in the context of their new government efficiency program (DOGE).
Addressing journalists Tuesday afternoon in the oval office of the White House, *Elon Musk said he’s not to be orchestrated “Government hostile control”but that he gave voters what they asked for*.
“Citizens voted in favor of a major government reform. There should be no doubt about it”The billionaire told journalists. “And that’s what they will get”.
Elon Musk also affirms that there has never been “Organization more transparent than the Doge”and that the public can see by himself if there are conflicts of interest.
An approach strongly criticized by the defenders of privacy
Last week, a federal judge issued A preliminary injunction blocking the Donald Trump and Elon Musk approach aimed at reducing government size and cost After a petition of 19 state prosecutors argued that the DOGE is not an official department of the government and that it violated the federal law.
“I always respect the courts, I always respect them, and I will call”replied the American president.
In exchange for financial incentives, Donald Trump and Elon Musk put pressure on federal employees to resign in order to reduce the size of the federal government.
DOGE representatives have also taken measures to freeze government funds and operations of foreign aid organizations, such as the American Agency for International Development (USAID).
The detractors of this massive cost reduction initiative, including eminent elected democrats, said thatIt would have serious consequences both at the national level and abroad.
The opponents also reported conflicts of interest if Elon Musk, who concluded lucrative contracts with the United States government, examined the accounts of the Pentagon or access the personal financial data of millions of Americans.
Who are the “Doge Kids”?
Many experts have also expressed Their concerns about “Doge Kids”, six young engineers between 19 and 24 from Elon Musk companies and dedicated body and soul to the American billionaire.
Without a clearly defined mandate, the latter have already intervened in at least eight American administrations and required access to data from the Treasury or Health departments, where they would have connected to the servers of AI tools in order to track superfluous expenses.
Electronic Frontier Foundation and other privacy defenders have brought A legal action Tuesday “To ask a federal court to prevent the DOGE program of Elon Musk from accessing private information from millions of Americans stored by the Office of Personal Management (OPM), and to delete all the data that has been collected or delete databases so far “.
