Activities of Dace MELBĀRDE related to 2020/2018(INL)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION with recommendations to the Commission on Digital Services Act: Improving the functioning of the Single Market
Amendments (10)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on platform operators not only to immediately delete illegal or seriously harmful content after positive identification, but also to continuously transmit it to the law enforcement authorities for the purpose of further investigation and prosecution, including the metadata necessary for this purpose, ; acknowledges, however, that larger and established platforms can devote more financial resources for coordinated inauthentic behaviour detection and content moderation than emerging or niche companies and therefore the ability of smaller platforms to prevent, detect, and remove illegal or seriously harmful content can be limited; highlights the need to increase responsibilities and update liability framework for online platforms, considering different regulatory regime for platforms that have systemic role (i.e. platforms that act as gatekeepers or have a capacity to structure markets); stresses that, as such platform operators play an increasing role as distributors and gatekeepers of news media and cultural content, they must not only safeguard, but actively promote cultural and linguistic diversity;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that the technical capabilities to identify illegal content and coordinated inauthentic behaviour, especially due to continuous improvements in machine learning and the advances of AI in general, are constantly evolving; insists that the uptake of automated detection procedures must be embraced by the industry;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Is of the view that the spread and effectiveness of disinformation, and propaganda and other information manipulation operations need to and can be partly countered by helping citizens to develop media and digital literacy as well as critical thinking and by strengthening independent professional journalism and quality media;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that the protection and promotion of freedom and diversity of opinion and expression, information, the press, artistic and cultural forms of expression, as well as the protection of the privacy of communication between individuals, form the basis of liberal democracy and that this applies online without restriction; demands therefore that the use of all technologically feasible means of combating harmful or illegal content on the internet in this context be subjected to careful prior constitutional vetting and therefore rejects prior checks on content as disproportionate;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Is of the view that trustworthy quality media content prominence requirements, tailored for relevant markets and respecting national language laws, should be considered for platforms that act as gatekeepers;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Emphasises that providing access for media companies to relevant data (i.e. audience reach and advertising data) from market dominant platforms is crucial to help prevent unfair competition;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls for an increased cooperation between media regulatory authorities or bodies and other national regulatory authorities both within and among Member States in order to more effectively address market dominant platforms' impact on media ecosystems; to share best practices as well as to better tackle specific issues, such as disinformation; considers, in this regard, the necessity for a coordination at the EU level; calls on the Commission to explore possibilities for expanding the competences of the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) to also encompass dominant platforms' supervision;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. EConsiders that governance of technology must be implemented in a way that does not disrupt innovation or curtail freedom of expression; emphasises that open, network and technology-neutral access to the internet must be particularly protected by law because it forms the basis for the necessary interoperability of services and systems, ensures diversity, enables fair competition and the creation of a digital service infrastructure that includes access for every single citizen of the Union to quality information, media, educational, scientific and cultural offers; calls therefore on the Commission to step up efforts to ensure the equal, non-discriminatory treatment of all data traffic in the Union an; recalls the 2017 report’s commissioned for the Commission findings that "there appears to be little reason to believe that zero- rating gives rise to competition concerns.";1a considers, however, that the Commission may need to critically re- examine the impact of zero-rated offers on competition in the Union. in the future; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/competition/publicati ons/reports/kd0217687enn.pdf