16 Amendments of Isabella ADINOLFI related to 2017/2209(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph –1 (new)
Paragraph –1 (new)
-1. Recalls that freedom of expression and information is a fundamental right as provided for in Article 11 of the Charter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph –1 (new)
Paragraph –1 (new)
-1. Recalls that freedom of expression and information is a fundamental right as provided for in Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Article19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that access to quality, free and independent information is a fundamental human right,to achieve a pluralistic society as set out in Article 2 of TEU and that media pluralism is the pillar of democracy and that therefore media’s independence from political and economic powers and private influences must be guaranteed accordingly;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with regret that insufficient attention has been paid to the concentration of media ownership in Member States and that the provision of effective solutions is sometimes lacking; recalls that EU competition and tax rules play an important role in preventing the creation or abuse of dominant positions; calls therefore on the Member States and local and therefore calls for their proper implementation; calls on the Member States and national independent regulatory authorities to monitor media concentration and to provide easily accessible information on media ownership, including the beneficial owners, and economic influence over media;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights that citizens in order to actively and effectively participate in the public life and take part in political debates need to be properly and fully informed;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the formation of public opinion is based upon a social pact between citizens and media professionals aimed at influencing those in power for the purposes of common general interest; notes withat the gravest concern thatbusiness model of and the financing system for the press has collapsed, resulting in dominant media players using information to pursue political and commercial propaganda objectives, thereby dramatically lowering the quality of information and giving rise to phenomena such as ‘fake news’traditional printed press has dramatically changed, resulting in changes of the traditional media landscape and that this can, in certain cases, exacerbate the well-known phenomenon of dominant media players using information to pursue political and commercial propaganda objectives, thereby dramatically lowering the quality of information; notes nonetheless that, with a consistent legal framework, digitalisation has the potential to foster competition between media actors and democratise access to and creation of information;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes note of the new challenges that traditional and new media are confronted with due to the rise of new technologies and digitalisation, such as the ‘filter bubble’ phenomenon linked to the extensive use of algorithms, the respect of the fundamental right to privacy or the improperly so-called phenomenon of ‘fake news’;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned about the legislative and administrative measures used in certain Member States to restrain and control the media, directly or indirectly; stresses that the fundamental principle of editorial independence from the government and from political or commercial interests should be protected and guaranteed; underlines that the coverage of election campaigning should be fair, balanced, impartial and, systematically monitored and aimed at fully and duly informing citizens;
Amendment 38 #
3. Stresses that online media pluralism is under serious threat from the excessive concentration of corporate power, exploitation of dominant positions in the market and lack of compliance with competition and tax rules; asks the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to overcome regulatory deficiencies in order to create legal clarity and consistency to ensure media freedom and prevent the abuseformation of dominant positions by web giants; furthermore, calls ofn their dominant position by web giant Commission to develop and implement specific projects that can stimulate and help the birth of new European web media actors;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the fact that freedom of information in Europe is being jeopardised by increasing intimidation of and coward acts of aggression against journalists, as proven by the recent murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia carried out by organised crime and other opaque interest groups, as proven by the recent murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia or the attacks against journalists occurred recently in Italy;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that new technologies have dramatically changed the business model of traditional press; nonetheless, believes that, with a consistent legal framework, digitisation has the potential to foster competition between media actors and democratise access to and creation of information and content;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that media professionals, especially the youngest ones, too often work in precarious conditions with regard to their contracts, salaries, social and socilegal guarantees, which compromises their ability to work appropriately and thus hampers media freedom;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Takes note of the new challenges that traditional and new media are confronted with due to the rise of new technologies and digitisation, such as the 'filter bubble' phenomenon linked to the extensive use of algorithms, the respect of the fundamental right to privacy or the improperly so-called phenomenon of ‘fake news’;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that the fight against ‘fake news’, namely false news and other disinformation spread deliberately via the media, should not result in restricting freedom of internet usage; calls for the Member States and EU institutions to devote sufficient resources to tackling disinformation; is satisfied with the work of the East StratCom Task Force and the establishment of the High Level Expert Group on fake news and online disinformation., e.g. by imposing on information society service providers any monitoring obligations in contravention of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council; calls for the Member States and EU institutions to devote sufficient resources to and develop concrete specific measures concerning education and media literacy, which are fundamental to tackle disinformation and propaganda;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that a critical use of media content is essential to people’scitizens’ understanding of current issues and to their contribution to public life; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to develop specific measures in order to promote and support media literacy projects.
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Highlights that, in a pluralistic and democratic society, citizens need to be properly and fully informed in order to actively and effectively participate in public life and take part in political debates;