{"slug": "switzerland-s-lower-house-votes-to-expand-federal-intelligence-service-powers-ai", "title": "Switzerland's Lower House votes to expand Federal Intelligence Service powers, including AI profiling and telecom surveillance", "summary": "The Swiss National Council voted 111-40 to expand the Federal Intelligence Service's powers, authorizing AI profiling, financial data harvesting, and enhanced telecom surveillance. The legislative shift, prompted by the Winterthur terrorist attack, threatens Switzerland's privacy tech sector, including Proton, and may accelerate the company's relocation to EU countries.", "body_md": "The Swiss National Council voted 111-40 to expand Federal Intelligence Service powers, authorising AI profiling, financial data harvesting and enhanced telecom surveillance. This legislative shift, triggered by [the Winterthur terrorist attack](https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/three-stabbed-in-attack-at-swiss-train-station/91488327), might directly threaten the Swiss privacy tech sector, notably Proton, and could mark another step in [Proton’s move towards EU countries](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1m8n3yv/proton_is_moving_most_of_its_physical/).\n\nNational news coverage\n\n*French*\n\n*English*\n\n*Coverage from january*", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/switzerland-s-lower-house-votes-to-expand-federal-intelligence-service-powers-ai", "canonical_source": "https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/switzerlands-lower-house-votes-to-expand-federal-intelligence-service-powers-including-ai-profiling-and-telecom-surveillance/38360#post_1", "published_at": "2026-06-05 15:02:37+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-05 15:16:15.209426+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Swiss National Council", "Federal Intelligence Service", "Proton", "Winterthur"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/switzerland-s-lower-house-votes-to-expand-federal-intelligence-service-powers-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/switzerland-s-lower-house-votes-to-expand-federal-intelligence-service-powers-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/switzerland-s-lower-house-votes-to-expand-federal-intelligence-service-powers-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/switzerland-s-lower-house-votes-to-expand-federal-intelligence-service-powers-ai.jsonld"}}