11 Amendments of Annika BRUNA related to 2022/0155(COD)
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Information society services have become very important for communication, expression, gathering of information and many other aspects of present-day life, including for children but also for perpetrators of child sexual abuse offences. Such offences, which are subject to minimum rules set at Union level, are very serious criminal offences that need to be prevented and combated effectively in order to protect children’s rights and well- being, as is required under the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘Charter’), and to protect families and society at large. Users of such services offered in the Union should be able to trust that the services concerned can be used safely, especially by children.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In order to effectively prevent online child sexual abuse, Member States are called upon to strengthen preventive measures, including conducting awareness-raising campaigns for parents and educators, delivering relationships and sex education that is appropriate for the age of the children in collaboration with parents or with their consent, delivering training in the use of digital tools, in particular including education on the sensible use of screens and sounding the alarm about the dangers of children being exposed to pornography. Member States should ensure they make specialised age-appropriate support services available to abuse victims. Member States are called upon to combat the culture of impunity that may be result from an ineffective and lax judicial system and not to tolerate the sexualisation of children in the media or in artistic culture.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
Recital 60
(60) In the interest of legal certainty and effectiveness, the tasks of the EU Centre should be listed in a clear and comprehensive manner. With a view to ensuring the proper implementation of this Regulation, those tasks should relate in particular to the facilitation of the detection, reporting and blocking obligations imposed on providers of hosting services, providers of publicly available interpersonal communications services and providers of internet access services. However, for that same reason, the EU Centre should also be charged with certain other tasks, notably those relating to the implementation of the risk assessment and mitigation obligations of providers of relevant information society services, the removal of or disabling of access to child sexual abuse material by providers of hosting services, the provision of assistance to Coordinating Authorities, as well as the generation and sharing of knowledge and expertise related to online child sexual abuse. The EU Centre will act as a centre of expertise by collecting, facilitating and disseminating good practice. Its expertise will enable it, in particular, to issue proposals concerning the prevention of the risks of exposing children to pornography and the dangers associated with children being over- exposed to screens.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 66
Recital 66
(66) With a view to contributing to the effective application of this Regulation and the protection of victims’ rights, the EU Centre should be able, upon request, to support victims and to assist Competent Authorities by conducting searches of hosting services for the dissemination of known child sexual abuse material that is publicly accessible, using the corresponding indicators. Where it identifies such material after having conducted such a search, the EU Centre should also be able to request the provider of the hosting service concerned to remove or disable access to the item or items in question, given that the provider may not be aware of their presence and may be willing to do so on a voluntary basis. The EU Centre must be able to work in collaboration with, and refer child victims to, relevant competent authorities and support services, such as victim protection centres, women’s shelters, children’s specialised services, social services, children’s rights organisations and family associations, as well as healthcare professionals in the Member States.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74 a (new)
Recital 74 a (new)
(74a) Given the purpose of this regulation, namely to combat and prevent child sexual abuse, the EU Centre should have a Children’s Rights and Survivors Advisory Board composed of experts, including specialist child psychiatrists and representatives of family associations, with an advisory function relating to children’s rights and the victims’ and survivors’ perspective. The Children’s Rights and Survivors Advisory Board may, in particular, provide expertise to support the work of the EU Centre, within the scope of its mandate.
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) It should be specified that over 60 % of the images of child sexual abuse circulating in the world are hosted in the EU, and that 1 out of 5 children in Europe are victims of sexual violence and abuse, reflecting the urgent need for rules to be laid down in the EU.
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) A long-term solution should be envisaged, within a proportionate legal framework in which automated technology should be used to detect, in a secure manner, online sexual exploitation and abuse.
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Protecting children online should not preclude respect for user privacy. The proposal should not impose a general control requirement but one of control in specific cases, based on the risk involved.
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Risk prevention should include the possibility to use approved technology that detects sexual content while respecting fundamental rights safeguards, including in end-to-end encrypted environments.
Amendment 423 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5
Article 25 – paragraph 5
5. Each Member State shall ensure that a contact point is designated or established within the Coordinating Authority’s office to handle requests for clarification, feedback and other communications in relation to all matters related to the application and enforcement of this Regulation in that Member State. Member States shall make the information on the contact point publicly available and communicate it to the EU Centre. They shall keep that information updated and disseminate it through campaigns aimed at children in the places they frequent.
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. The EU Centre shall support Member States in designing age- appropriate and gender-appropriate preventive measures aimed at children, as well as their parents or legal representatives, such as organising awareness-raising campaigns to combat child sexual abuse and delivering relationships and sex education tailored to the age of children within the school framework, in collaboration with their parents or legal representatives, or with their consent.