9 Amendments of Martina ANDERSON related to 2018/2855(RSP)
Amendment 40 #
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the digital age requires electoral laws to be adapted to this new digital reality and suggests Member States introduce an obligatory system of introduce an obligatory system of digital imprints for electronic campaigning and advertising. Any form of political advertising should include easily accessible and understandable information on the publishing organisation, why the ad is displayed and who is legally responsible for spending so that it is clear who sponsored campaigns, similar to existing requirements for printed campaign materials currently in place in various Mmember Sstates;
Amendment 48 #
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that profiling for political and electoral purposes, as, pursuant to EU data protection law, it refers to political or philosophical opinions, should be prohibited and is of the opinion that social media platforms should monitor and actively inform authorities if such behaviour occurs; Calls on political parties and other actors involved in elections to refrain from using profiling for political and electoral purposes; calls on political parties to be transparent as to their use of online platforms and data;
Amendment 50 #
Paragraph 10
10. Urges social media platforms,Recalls that the processing of personal data by political parties andin the advertising industry to work closely with the European Commission to develop sector-wide Codes of Conduct that include at least guidelines for ethical campaigning in the digital age and cooperation methods with authorities in charge of verifying electoral processes in Member StateEU is subject to the General Data Protection Regulations and that the breach of principles, rights and obligations encompasses under this law would result in additional fines and sanctions;
Amendment 52 #
Paragraph 11
11. Considers election interference to be a great challenge for democracy which requires a joint effort involving service providers, regulators and political actors and parties; welcomes the intention of the Commission to provide recommendations in this regard;
Amendment 70 #
Paragraph 17
17. Takes note of the privacy improvements that Facebook has undertaken after the Facebook/ Cambridge Analytica scandal, but recalls that Facebook promised to hold a full internal audit of which the European Parliament has not yet been informed and recommendurges that Facebook make substantial modifications to its platform to ensure its compliance with EU data protection law, that would also affect the core business model and the structure of its platform;
Amendment 78 #
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Calls on the European Parliament to encourage the British Government to legislate as soon as possible to review the new rules under ‘The Transparency of Donations and Loans etc. (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2018’ applying to the North of Ireland, recognising that the new rules do not apply to retroactive donations, and still incur legislative loopholes as per the work undertaken via campaigning journalism by OpenDemocracy;
Amendment 79 #
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Recognises the work of legal representatives within the non-profit organisation ‘Good Law Project’ in their successful Court case against the Electoral Commission and VoteLeave, which challenged the adequacy of the Electoral Commission’s investigation into spending by VoteLeave alongside their reading of the law around donations;
Amendment 80 #
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23 c. Recognises that the non-profit ‘Good Law Project’ are continuing their efforts to uphold transparent, open and accountable politics, fundraising for a continued legal challenge, that the same logic must apply to the Constitutional Research Council, the body that gave the £435,000 donation to the Democratic Unionist Party;
Amendment 99 #
Paragraph 33
33. Is of the opinion Eurojust should urgently initiate, in cooperation with Member States authorities a specialthat Member States should urgently conduct, with the support of Eurojust, if necessary, investigations into the alleged misuse of the online political space by foreign forces; calls on the Commission to swiftly come up with the necessary proposals to enlarge the competences of EPPO to include prosecution of crimes against electoral infrastructure;