24 Amendments of Lynn BOYLAN related to 2018/2044(INI)
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AG
Recital AG
AG. whereas in the European Internet Forum launched in 2015 companies cooperate to remove terrorist content from their websites on a voluntary basis if they believe it is in breach of their terms and conditions;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AH
Recital AH
AH. whereas Europol’s Internet Referral Unit (IRU) has made more than 50 000 referrals and on average 87 % of the content referred to companies by the IRU has been removed on the basis of voluntary consideration of the compatibility of the referred internet content with their own terms and conditions; whereas the proportion of illegal content among those referrals is unknown and no statistics exist that allow for an evaluation of the quality of referrals1a. __________________ 1a http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getAl lAnswers.do?reference=E-2017- 001772&language=EN
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AN
Recital AN
AN. whereas there is a fragmented framework of existing systems, new systems in the process of development, proposals for future systems and proposals for reforms to address identified gaps and barriers still under negotiationseveral EU information systems exist, each with their own purposes and objectives. whereas there are also new systems in the process of development, as well as legislative proposals for future systems; whereas this fragmenteddiverse framework is the result of historical factors and a reactive approach in the proposal and adoption of new legislationthe lack of any systematic evaluation of the efficiency, necessity and proportionality of the EU's security instruments;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AS
Recital AS
AS. whereas several pilot projects are being implemented with the aim of overcoming the disadvantages of a decentralised EU PNR system; whereas there is a need for a quick reply to requesresults from parocesseinger information units (PIUs) of other Member States, which may prove challenging as they are processed manually of PNR data have to be reviewed individually by non- automated means before any action with legal consequences can take place;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AX
Recital AX
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AZ
Recital AZ
AZ. whereas adjusting the legal standards applying to information exchange between intelligence and law enforcement authorities is one of the main challenges that need to be addressed, especially since intelligence often concernsagencies do not pursue a goal of law enforcement and often gather information on people who are not yet suspects in criminal investigations but belong to tserrorist networks or are returning FTFious crime networks;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BB
Recital BB
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BG
Recital BG
BG. whereas several EU instruments such as Decision 2005/671/JHA, the CT Directive and the Europol regulation require Member States to share information on terrorism with the relevant agencies; whereas increased information sharing with Europol and Eurojust on a regular basis and in a timely and systematic manner, including contextual information, facilitates their work in detecting links between cases and providing an overview of challenges and best practice related to investigations, prosecutions and convictions for terrorist offencs the basis for their work in detecting links between cases;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BI
Recital BI
BI. whereas the principle of mutual recognition is, on the one hand, dependent on the existence of a high level of mutual trust between Member States and, on the other, helps increase mutual trust by allowing the authorities of different Member States to work efficiently together in the fight against terrorism a comparable level of independence of the judiciary;
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BK
Recital BK
Amendment 568 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CZ
Recital CZ
CZ. whereas in the 20-year period 1998- 2018, some 6 652 people were direct victims of terrorism acrossin Europe, with 713 murdered and 5 939 injured; whereas prior to 2001 most victims of terrorism were mainly attributable to the IRA and ETA. while since then the vast majority were as a result of Islamist terrorism;
Amendment 582 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DB a (new)
Recital DB a (new)
DB a. whereas the importance of victims and survivors having the right to consider and access, according to their choice the options of justice, information retrieval, acknowledgement, storytelling and quality services should be recognised;
Amendment 585 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DB b (new)
Recital DB b (new)
DB b. whereas a victim-centred and victim-led approach, which prioritises their views, should be paramount in shaping the mechanisms to deal with the past;
Amendment 586 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DB c (new)
Recital DB c (new)
DB c. whereas there can be no hierarchy of victims;
Amendment 591 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DE a (new)
Recital DE a (new)
DE a. whereas many families have waited too long, in some cases in the north of Ireland, over 40 years, for timely access to legacy mechanisms in a human rights compliant matter, and the necessary funding for outstanding legacy inquests should be released immediately to provide victims and survivors with information retrieval, quality services and access to truth and justice;
Amendment 594 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DE b (new)
Recital DE b (new)
DE b. whereas EU funds have helped to finance vital services for victims in the north of Ireland, through PEACE funding and other mechanisms;
Amendment 649 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 841 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Invites the Member States to examine how to ensure that places of worship, education, charities, cultural associations and similar entities provide details regarding the provenance of their funds and their distribution, both within and outside the EU, and how data concerning these entities, where there exists suspicion or reasonable grounds to suspect links with terrorist groups, could be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guaranteescan be gained as partners in a civil society effort to tackle hate speech, in particular by taking a clear commitment against any kind of so-called anti-NGO laws that are used in some countries to choke civil society;
Amendment 853 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Asks the Member States to ban and remove all religious literature within their territory that incites to violent and terrorist acts while strictly guaranteeing the right to freedom of expression, including artistic expression; asks for such literature to be removabled from online platforms and shops as part of the referrals by the Internet Referral Unitfollowing a judicial decision;
Amendment 893 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the need to achieve automatic, fast and fullfast removal of terrorist content; requests the Commissinvites the European institutions to presentwork on possible options for a legislative proposal obliging companies to remove terrorist content fully within one hourafter ex-ante judicial verification and to introduce clear reporting obligations on the incidence of terrorist content and removal rates, as well as sanctions for non- compliance;
Amendment 901 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Underlines the importance the Internet has gained as a source of information for the general public and stresses that in order for Member States to effectively guarantee the right to receive and impart information as provided for in Article 11 of the Charter, a lenient approach is necessary when regulating content on the internet;
Amendment 1005 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Regrets the current existence of 28 differentTakes note of the fragmentation in legal regimes for data retention, which is counter-productive for cooperation and information exchange; urgesithin the EU following several rulings from the Court of Justice; underlines that the Court does not consider the necessity and proportionality of such a measure to be established; takes the view that if the Commission is to put forward a legislative proposal on data retention, this should be fully in line with the requirements stemming from the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, whilech takinges into account fundamental rights as well as the needs of the competent authorities and the specificities of the CT field;
Amendment 1476 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 133 a (new)
Paragraph 133 a (new)
133 a. Calls on the relevant EU Member States to fully investigate allegations of collusions between state actors and terrorist groups; recognises the impact that the lack of investigation has on victims of collusion;
Amendment 1489 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 135 a (new)
Paragraph 135 a (new)
135 a. Calls on EU Member States to release state papers regarding collusion and to ensure that all Member States fulfil their responsibilities to victims of collusion by acknowledging responsibility, providing necessary compensation, and ensuring impartial investigations into collusion are adequately funded;