Activities of Tiemo WÖLKEN related to 2020/2019(INL)
Reports (1)
REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on a Digital Services Act: adapting commercial and civil law rules for commercial entities operating online
Amendments (17)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas some businesses offering digital services enjoy, due to strong data- driven network effects, market dominancesignificant market power that makes it increasingly difficult for other players to compete;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas ex-post competition law enforcement alone cannot effectively address the impact of the market dominancepower of certain online platforms on fair competition in the digital single market;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas dominant content hosting platforms with significant market power make it possible for their users to use their profiles to log into third party websites, thereby allowing them to track their activities even outside their own platform environment, which constitutes a competitive advantage in access to data for content curation algorithms;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recommends that the Digital Services Act require platforms with significant market power to provide an application programming interface, through which third-party platforms and their users can interoperate with the main functionalities and users of the platform providing the application programming interface, including third-party services designed to enhance and customise the user experience of the platform providing the application programming interface, especially through services that customise privacy settings as well as content curation preferences;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Strongly underlines, on the other hand, that platforms with significant market power providing an application programming interface may not share, retain, monetise or use any of the data they receive from third-party services;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Stresses that interoperability obligations described above may not limit, hinder or delay the ability of content hosting platforms to fix security issues, nor should the need to fix security issues lead to an undue suspension of the provisions on interoperability;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Recalls that the provisions on interoperability described above must respect all relevant data protection laws; recommends, in this respect, that platforms be required by the Digital Services Act to ensure the technical feasibility of the data portability provisions laid down in Art. 20(2) of the General Data Protection Regulation;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16e. Suggests that content hosting platforms with significant market power providing an application programming interface publicly document all interfaces they make available for the purpose of allowing for the interoperability of services;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part A – part II – section 2 – indent 1 a (new)
Annex I – part A – part II – section 2 – indent 1 a (new)
- a requirement for platforms with significant market power to provide an application programming interface, through which third-party platforms and their users can interoperate with the main functionalities and users of the platform providing the application programming interface, including third-party services designed to enhance and customise the user experience of the platform providing the application programming interface, especially through services that customise privacy settings as well as content curation preferences;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part A – part II – section 2 – indent 1 b (new)
Annex I – part A – part II – section 2 – indent 1 b (new)
- provisions ensuring that that platforms with significant market power providing an application programming interface may not share, retain, monetise or use any of the data they receive from third-party services;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part A – part II – section 2 – indent 1 c (new)
Annex I – part A – part II – section 2 – indent 1 c (new)
- provisions ensuring that the interoperability obligations described above may not limit, hinder or delay the ability of content hosting platforms to fix security issues, nor should the need to fix security issues lead to an undue suspension of the provisions on interoperability;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part A – part II – section 2 – indent 1 d (new)
Annex I – part A – part II – section 2 – indent 1 d (new)
- provisions ensuring that platforms be required by the Digital Services Act to ensure the technical feasibility of the data portability provisions laid down in Art. 20(2) of the General Data Protection Regulation;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part A – part II – section 2 – indent 1 e (new)
Annex I – part A – part II – section 2 – indent 1 e (new)
- provisions ensuring that that content hosting platforms with significant market power providing an application programming interface publicly document all interfaces they make available for the purpose of allowing for the interoperability of services;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – recital 4
Annex I – part B – recital 4
(4) Given the detrimental effects of the fragmentation of the digital Single Market, the international character of content hosting and the dominant positionsignificant market power of a few content hosting platforms located outside the Union, the various issues that arise in respect of content hosting need to be regulated in a manner that entails full harmonisation and therefore by means of a regulation;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – recital 15
Annex I – part B – recital 15
(15) In order to ensure that users and notifiers to make use of referral to independent dispute settlement bodies as a first step, it must be emphasised that such referral should not preclude any subsequent court action. Given that content hosting platforms which enjoy a dominant position on thesignificant market power can particularly gain from the introduction of independent dispute settlement bodies, it is appropriate that they take responsibility for the financing of such bodies.
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – Article 2 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part B – Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Regulation applies to the management by content hosting platforms of content that is accessible on websites or through smart phone applications in the Union, irrespective of the place of establishment or registration, or principal place of business of the content hosting platform.
Amendment 480 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – Article 13 – paragraph 4
Annex I – part B – Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. Content hosting platforms that enjoy a dominant position on thesignificant market power shall contribute financially to the operating costs of the independent dispute settlement bodies through a dedicated fund.