10 Amendments of Eleftherios SYNADINOS related to 2015/2129(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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1. Recalls that, in practice, the fight against the sexual abuse of children needs a close, comprehensive and thorough, multi- disciplinary and cultural approach; insists, for that reason, that measures such as awareness raising, multilevel information, training and, education are just as essential in the fight againstnd schooling in moral values are essential when it comes to preventing, dealing with and fighting these crimes, as assistance to victimswell as providing victim support and assistance, investigation of crimes and the prosecution and exemplary punishment of offenders;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
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2. Encourages all Member States who still have not fully implemented Article 23 of the Directive to adopt preventive measures concerning the assessment, training and regular trainupdating of officials likely to come into contact with children;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
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4. Recalls that the online sexual exploitation of children is a constantly evolving phenomenon which parallels developments in technology and a lowering of ethical standards; underlines that peer-to-peer and Darknet networks provide a high degree of anonymityhave to date been providing a great deal of scope for concealment and falsification of personal information and data and are therefore used for exchanging child sexual abuse material, mainly between offenders;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
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5. Recommends that blacklists of websites containing child pornography be prepared by national authorities and communicated to Internet service providerhrough safe and appropriate channels to Internet service providers and that providers take appropriate measures to restrict content and access thereto in line with the legislation and relevant guidelines adopted by the Union and the Member States; 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;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
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6. EncouraUrges Member States to develop channels for the ongoing exchange of information about convicted 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;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
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7. Urges the Member States to make it mandatorya statutory requirement for Internet service providers (ISP) to report child sexual abuse material detected in their infrastructure to law enforcement authorities, rather than this being done in line with a voluntary code of conduct, and calls on the ISPs to preserve evidencethe relevant evidence and data;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
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8. Urges Member States which have not yet done so to put in place hotlines to which Internet users can report even anonymously child sexual abuse material they find online and that are capable of assessing rapidly this reported content with a view to implementing notice and take- down procedures and prosecute offenders where possible with the available technology and information; 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;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
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9. UrgesCalls on Member States to introduce in their legislation mandatory background checks on court or police databases for persons applying or volunteering for activities or jobs relating to children or vulnerable adults and to systematically exchange information on individuals confirmed as posing a risk to children or vulnerable adults;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
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10. Notes that about half of the Member States have chosen to apply – besides measures aimed at the prompt removal of web pages containing child sexual abuse material in accordance with Article 25 (1) – measures which are optional under Article 25 (2) of the Directive to block access to websites containing or disseminating child pornography; calls for an analytical exchange of information and observations regarding practices being followed by the two groups of Member States and the results obtained by each;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
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11. Calls on the Member States to accelerate, in cooperation with the internet industry, in particular data providers, the notice and take-down procedures and the prosecution of offenders.