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7 Amendments of Malin BJÖRK related to 2020/2022(INI)

Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas a small number of mostly non-European large service providers have significant market poweran increasing capacity to influence public opinion and exert influence on the rights and freedoms of individuals, our societies and democracies; whereas, more specifically, large platforms’ decisions can have far-reaching consequences for the exercise of freedom of expression and information, and for media freedom and pluralism;
2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Believes in the clear economic benefits of a functioning digital single market for the EU and its Member States; stresses the important obligation to ensure a fair digital ecosystem in which fundamental rights – above all freedom of expression and information, and media freedom and pluralism – and data protection are respected; calls for a minimum level ofn intervention based on the principles of necessity and proportionality;
2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Strongly believes that the current EU legal framework governing digital services should be updated with a view to addressing the challenges posed by new technologies and ensuring legal clarity and respect for fundamental rights; considers that the reform should build on the solid foundation of and full compliance with existing EU law, especially the General Data Protection Regulation and, the Directive on privacy and electronic communications and respect the primacy of sector-specific instruments such as the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive;
2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that terms of services of digital service providers should be clear, transparent and fair and be made available in an easy and accessible manner to users; deplores the fact that some terms of services from content platforms do not allow law enforcement to use non-personal accounts, which poses a threat both to possible investigations and to personal safety;
2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Further to empowering users to their fundamental rights online, calls on the Commission to ensure that users have access to diverse and quality content online as a mean towards an informed citizenship; in this respect calls on the Commission to propose safeguards ensuring quality media content is easy to access and easy to find on third-party platforms;
2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Further calls on the Commission to establish new rules that proscribe platforms’ practices interfering with media freedom and pluralism, in particular by prohibiting platforms from exercising a second layer of control over content that is provided under a media service provider’s responsibility and which is subject to specific standards and oversight;
2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Strongly underlines the importance of media pluralism, public service media and independent as well as non-commercial media for citizen’s access to quality information; firmly believes that disinformation and “fake news” can only be curbed by public access to high-quality information and education; underlines the importance of mechanisms that support independent media and public service media;
2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE