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6 Amendments of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2015/2063(INI)

Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that the internet plays a significant role in fuelling the radicalisation of European citizens, as it facilitates the rapid, large-scale distribution of hate messages and praise for terrorism; expresses concern at the impact that such messages praising terrorism have on young people, who are particularly vulnerable; calls, in full awareness that the internet is only a medium of radicalisation, never its cause, for a dialogue to be launched at European level with the internet giants with a view to preventing the online distribution of hate messages and to eradicating them swiftly;
2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Feels that the internet giants should be made aware of their responsibilities so that they delete illegal content or other content that incites hatred as quickly as possible; believes that the Member States should plan for the possibility of bringing criminal prosecutions against digital actors who do not take actionppropriate action as internet companies in response to the spread of illicit messages, other messages that incite hatred or messages praising terrorism on their internet platforms; believes that refusal or failure to cooperate on the part of internet platforms which allow such messages to circulate should be considered an act of complicity with praising terrorism and should consequently be punished, taking due account of the technical feasibility of responding thereto;
2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. States that the internet giants, through internet referencing, have the power to promote radicalisation prevention messages aimed at countering messages that praise terrorism; feels that it is thus their duty to highlight messages that oppose hate speech and praise for terrorism, thereby making online radicalisation more difficult;deleted
2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that it is vital to engage in dialogue with the various religious communities in order to help reach a better understanding of the phenomenon of radicalisation; draws the Member States’ attention to the issue of training religious leaders – which ought, where possible, to take place in Europe – in order to prevent preachers of hate from appearing in places of worship in Europe, and also of training prison chaplains, particularly when they are around prisoners deemed to be radicalised;
2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Draws positive attention to the example of certain Member States, which have acted against the problem of the funding of religious communities by third parties from outside the European Union by banning such foreign funding and recommends that this example be followed by Member States which have not yet taken such measures;
2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 502 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Believes that the sanction providing the most effective deterrent is the revocation of EU citizenship where it can be proved that the person in question has fought for a terrorist unit in an armed conflict; notes in this regard that certain Member States have entrenched such measures in their citizenship law and recommends that this example be followed by Member States which have not yet taken such measures;
2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE