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Activities of Niklas NIENASS related to 2020/2022(INI)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the Digital Services Act and fundamental rights issues posed
2020/07/20
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2020/2022(INI)
Documents: PDF(131 KB) DOC(46 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Petra KAMMEREVERT', 'mepid': 96837}]

Amendments (7)

Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that fundamental rights constitute an objective system of values which ensures that fundamental communication freedoms, such as freedom of expression and information, constitute an objective system of values and are not alterable, including by private-law agreements or business terms and conditions;
2020/04/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that freedom of the arts and sciences are not alterable and therefore must not be compromised by any new legislation;
2020/04/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Emphasises that content, which is legal and legally shared under Union or national law, has to stay online and that any removal of such content must not lead to the identification of individual users nor to the processing of personal data;
2020/04/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for all protective measures which might at the same time be detrimental to fundamental rights to remain tasks for the State that are subject to thorough judicial review and for no public- authority tasks to be transferred to private- sector firms;
2020/04/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that transparency reports are made available by platform operators, which contain information about the number of cases where content was misidentified as illegal or as illegally shared and that competent authorities should make available information about the number of cases where removals lead to the investigation and the prosecution of crimes;
2020/04/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for recognition of the fact that services developed in the EU which guarantee effective and comprehensive privacy protection and maximumost extensive digital freedoms represent an advantage in global competition that should not be underestimated, and calls on the Commission to promote their development in a more targeted manner;
2020/04/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for sector-specific rules that serve to realise society-wide objectives and give tangible expression to them for certain sectors, such as the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) and the Copyright Directive, to take precedence over general rules., in order to ensure authors' and artists' rights in the digital environment;
2020/04/28
Committee: CULT