[Software] They create a system that denounces congressmen who waste time on cell phones

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This Monday a particular initiative came into operation that ‘monitors’ the 124 deputies of the Flemish Parliament in Belgium.

The unusual measure, dubbed 'The Flemish Scrollers', was developed by Dries Depoorter, a Belgian citizen who studied visual arts and specialized in subjects related to Artificial Intelligence (AI).

For this project, Depoorter first created facial recognition software and then uploaded photos, from different angles, of the faces of Belgian MPs to this system.

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In this way, ‘The Flemish Scrollers’ detects politicians who pick up their cell phone to use it. After that, the software sends an open message on Twitter, which also reaches the mobile devices of the deputies. In addition, the notification includes a video with the evidence that they used the mobile.

However, it should be noted that this AI software only sends messages to people who are using cell phones and not to other electronic devices such as computers and 'tablets', as these are identified by the system as work tools for politicians.

(Can you read us from the EL TIEMPO app? You can see the publication here).

In an interview with the Spanish media ‘El País’, Depoorter spoke about the purpose of his project and admitted that not all deputies would use cell phones for entertainment purposes.

“I have always liked to show the risk of new technology and how we feel about it. In theory, you can also take notes on a cell phone, "he said.

At the moment, the Depoorter system has already identified four offenders and this Wednesday it was used again in the Flemish Parliament session.

(Can you read us from the EL TIEMPO app? You can see the publication here).

According to the aforementioned media, in 2019, a Belgian deputy was "hunted" while playing a video game on his cell phone.

A similar event occurred in Spain, in 2015, when deputy Celia Vilallobos was seen playing "Candy Crush" while a debate was taking place.

Unfortunately, Colombia has not been immune to this type of case, since at the time some politicians also used their cell phones to carry out other types of activities.

According to the media ‘El Heraldo’, in 2018, Enrique Cabrales, a representative to the Chamber, was recorded playing on his cell phone while a debate was being held about a bill related to the code of childhood and adolescence.

At the time, Cabrales gave an interview to a local station to try to settle the controversy.

(Can you read us from the EL TIEMPO app? You can see the publication here).

Another similar case occurred in 2019.

According to ‘Forbes’ magazine, this time the protagonist was the representative to the Chamber Héctor Vergara, who was ‘caught’ while he was watching a soccer game in full debate.

(Can you read us from the EL TIEMPO app? You can see the publication here).

Although in Colombia, Law 1828 of 2017 raises a series of norms that seek to regulate the ethical and disciplinary conduct of congressmen in the exercise of their functions, there is no explicit norm for the aforementioned cases.

Perhaps the closest is found in Article 9 of this law, which considers as punishable conduct “Carrying out acts that affect the public morality of Congress; the dignity and good name of the Congressmen, in the congressional function ”.

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