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27 Amendments of Caterina CHINNICI related to 2015/2129(INI)

Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
– having regard to Articles 7, 8, 24, 47, 48 and 52 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on final evaluation of the multi-annual EU programme on protecting children using the Internet and other communication technologies (Safer Internet),
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
– having regard to FRA report of 27 February 2017 on child-friendly justice: Perspectives and experiences of children involved in judicial proceedings as victims, witnesses or parties in nine EU Member States,
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
– having regard to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the protection of children in migration[1], [1] COM (2017) 211.
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the use of the terminology “Child Pornography" is highly detrimental to victims who insist that their abuse must be referred to by name and be rightly labelled as “Child Sexual Abuse Material”;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas one of the main challenges for investigating child sexual abuse and prosecuting perpetrators is the lack of reporting by victims; notes that the lack of reporting is higher among boys;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Is concerned that the non- consensual distribution of erotic or pornographic material, including online and through social media, such as the phenomenon of so-called ‘revenge porn’– a rapidly increasing form of abuse and persecution – overwhelmingly affects women and girls, some of whom are under the legal age of consent; calls on the Member States to step up concrete measures to combat this new form of crime and on the internet industry to take their shared responsibility; emphasises the need to educate young girls on the possible consequences of taking intimate photographs or videos of themselves;
2017/05/22
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the need to raise awareness at an early stage among all girls and boys about staying safe and about the importance of respecting the dignity and privacy of others in the digital era; encourages Member States to share best practices on education material and training programmes for all actors involved, such as teachers, educators, law enforcement authorities on grooming and other forms of risk to the safety of children online, in particular for girls;
2017/05/22
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to step up measures to protect victims of child sexual abuse and to improve the role of national helplines, with a gender sensitive approach;
2017/05/22
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that the Commission was not able to present its implementation reports within the deadline set out in Article 28 of Directive 2011/93/EU and thereforeat the Reports presented by the Commission documented only the mere transposition into national law by Member States and did not fully assess the compliance of the Directive; therefore, calls on the Commission to present a more comprehensive report focusing on enforcement by Member States; calls on the Member States to ensure that legal transposition is translated into effective implementation so as to ensure the protection of child victims and zero tolerance for child sexual abuse;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Calls on the Member States to step up cooperation and to exchange data to identify children victims of sexual abuse, including missing children, especially girls who are particularly vulnerable to trafficking and sexual exploitation;
2017/05/22
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends that blacklists of websites containing child pornography be prepared by nationaland regularly updated by relevant authorities and communicated to Internet service providers to ensure that the action adopted is necessary and proportionate to avoid for instance over- blocking; recommends also the sharing of such blacklists of websites among the Member States through enhanced cooperation with Europol and its European Cybercrime Centre, and with Interpol;
2017/05/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages Member States to exchange information about child sex offenders so as to prevent sex offenders from moving unnoticed from one Member State to another for work or for volunteering with children or children’s institutions; calls on Member States to step up information sharing on criminal convictions and disqualifications and to improve data collection in national registers of perpetrators;
2017/05/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reiterates the right of each individual to decide on the fate of his or her personal data, in particular the exclusive right to control the use, disclosure of personal information and the right to be forgotten defined as the possibility to obtain a prompt removal of contents that might be prejudicial for his or her own dignity.
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Regrets that no statistics are provided with regard to the use of criminal law procedures to seize equipment in relevant cases.
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to make it mandatory for Internet service providers (ISP) to report child sexual abuse material detected in their infrastructure to law enforcement authorities, as well as national hotlines, and calls on the ISPs to preserve evidence;
2017/05/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on all Member States to allocate adequate financial and human resources to law enforcement authorities to combat child sexual abuse and exploitation, including specific training for police and investigators;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Urges Member States which have not yet done so to put in place hotlines to which Internet users can report child sexual abuse material they find online and that are capable of assessing this reported content with a view to implementing notice and take-down procedures; takes the view that such hotlines should be allowed to search for child sexual abuse material proactively, as is the case for the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) in the UK; calls on Member States for a better cooperation between helplines and hotlines to ensure protection of children victim of sexual exploitation and abuse;
2017/05/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Urges Member States to introduce in their legislation mandatory background checks for persons applying or volunteering for activities or jobs relating to children, including software and online content developers, and to systematically exchange information on individuals posing a risk to children;
2017/05/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the Member States to share best practices on educational materials and training programmes for all the actors involved, such as teachers, parents, educators and law enforcement authorities, to raise awareness of grooming and other risks to the safety of children online, in particular for girls; encourages both Member States and the Commission to set up ambitious educational programmes within schools targeted to both parents and youngsters in order to empower them with tools to use the internet responsibly and avoid possible risks. Regarding parents it is fundamental to give them guidelines to assess risks their children may face and detect early signs of potential online sexual abuse.
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Member States to incorporate into their legislation mandatory criminal background checks for persons applying or volunteering for activities or jobs relating to children, including software and online content developers, travel agents and legal entities/persons, and to systematically exchange information on individuals posing a risk towhere they have direct access to or authority over children;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the best practices adopted in some Member States for the protection of children, such as the Barnahus in Sweden; calls on the Member States to focus on ensuring the provision of legal aid, psychological support and assistance and to avoid the secondary victimisation of children; encourages Member States to set up awareness campaigns both at regional and national level to foster a cultural change in public opinion to avoid any victim-blaming attitude or behaviour engaged in some communities, which may result in additional trauma for children victims of abuse;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Acknowledges that the Member 19. States have put in place legislation and administrative measures to remove webpages containing child pornography hosted on their territory; regrets the fact that only half of the Member States have incorporated provisions into their legislation making it possible to block access to such webpages for users within their territory; calls on the Member States to fully implement Article 25, including blocking child sexual abuse material where possible, and with the relevant safeguards in place; recalls that in the fight against the diffusion of child sexual abuse material, removal measures are, in principle, more effective than blocking since the latter does not delete the content, which remains accessible through the use of encryption tools such as Virtual Private Networks (VPN).
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Recommends that blacklists of websites containing child pornographysexual abuse material be updated regularly by the relevant authorities and communicated to internet service providers to avoid, for instance, over-blocking and to ensure proportionality; recommends the sharing of such blacklists of websites among the Member States, with Europol and its European Cybercrime Centre, and with Interpol; considers, in this regard, that newly developed hashing technology, such as PhotoDNA, sh among others, could be applied;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Urges the Member States to make it mandatory for internet service providers (ISP) to report child sexual abuse material detected in their infrastructure proactively to law enforcement authorities, as well as to national hotlines; calls on the Commission to continue its funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) so as to provide the hotlines with the adequate resources to fulfil their mandate to tackle illegal content online;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Recognises the active and supportive role in combating child sexual abuse material on the Internet played by civil society organisations, as is the case withsuch as the INHOPE Network of Hotlines, including the Internet Watch Foundation in the UK; urges the Member States which have not yet done so to set up such hotlines and takes the view that they should be allowed to search for child sexual abuse material online proactively;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to continue keeping Parliament regularly informed on the state of play in relation to compliance with the Directive by the Member States, with disaggregated and comparable data on the Member States’ performance in preventing and combating child sexual abuse and exploitation offline and online; instructs its relevant committee to hold a hearing on the state of play in relation to implementation and possibly consider adopting an additional report on the follow up given to the implementation of the Directive;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE