20 Amendments of Alexis GEORGOULIS related to 2020/2216(INI)
Amendment 1 #
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Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that AI should be used in a fair and ethical manner and with due respect for Union values and principles, human rights, freedom of expression, the right to privacy, data protection, non- discrimination, media pluralism and cultural diversity; notes that while AI offers great potential, it can also present certain risks due to issues such as bias and opacity, the manipulation of individual behaviour, violation of privacy, the identification/forecasting of sensitive identity traits and emotion, enabling of mass surveillance, the restriction of access to vital public services, and reinforcing structural discrimination; stresses that in view of commercial activities on online market places, self- regulation provided to be insufficient and therefore, asks the Commission to introduce strong safeguards and obligations for product safety and consumer protection for commercial activities on online market places, accompanied by a tailored liability regime with proper enforcement mechanisms;
Amendment 20 #
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Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the omission of culture from AI strategies and policy recommendations at both national and Union level; stresses the need to set up a clear legal framework that prioritises culture, education and sports, without discrimination, in order to bring the Union to the forefront of AI-driven innovation and value creation worldwide and to maximise its benefits, while assessing its potential risks for society; underlines the role of AI to preserve and boost the European culture and language diversity; underlines that data sets used by AI systems (both for training and operation) may suffer from the inclusion of inadvertent historic bias, incompleteness and bad governance models; stresses that the continuation of such biases could lead to unintended (in)direct prejudice and discrimination against certain groups or people, potentially exacerbating prejudice and marginalisation;
Amendment 33 #
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Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the transposition of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) into national law is crucial to achieving a genuine digital single market; urges the Member States that have not yet done so to complete the transposition as soon as possible; stresses that the future Digital Services Act (DSA) and any future regulation on AI, with particular regard to the cultural and creative sectors, should be in line with the principles and obligations of the AVMSD and should respect the broad framework of fundamental European rights of users and consumers, such as the protection of privacy, data, non-discrimination, dignity, fairness and free speech;
Amendment 38 #
4 a. Urges the Union to take steps to prevent or mitigate associated risks by the negative effects of AI and to set concrete and applicable baseline standards and rules, specifically in the sensitive area of AI systems in law enforcement, such as facial recognition software;
Amendment 40 #
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Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 41 #
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Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Stresses that the DSA should introduce a tailored liability regime with proper enforcement mechanisms for commercial activities on online market places in order to guarantee consumer protection and product safety;
Amendment 50 #
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Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers it necessary to end the “attention- seeking” profiling business model of digital markets, where algorithms prioritise controversial content and thus contribute to its spread online; stresses thus, that users should have more control on how rankings are presented, e.g. by giving them the choice to arrange them alternatively;
Amendment 53 #
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Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Notes that large platforms acquired a huge amount of data and replaced services of a diverse and decentralised system with open standards by “walled gardens” with locked- in users; stresses that as a consequence some markets are characterised by large platforms with significant network effects which are able to act as de facto “online gatekeepers” of the digital economy; considers it therefore necessary to introduce additional obligations regarding data protection, transparency, user choice and interoperability in order to guarantee a level playing field and consumer welfare;
Amendment 58 #
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Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recalls that the Member States and the EU institutions have an obligation, under the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights, to ensure that each person’s rights to privacy, data protection, free expression and assembly, non- discrimination, dignity and other fundamental rights are not unduly restricted by the use of new and emerging technologies;
Amendment 59 #
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Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Commission to support public trust in AI by providing clear, regulatory limits to uses of AI which inherently undermine fundamental rights and the protection of the environment;
Amendment 60 #
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Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States for the surveillance of all workers, artists, athletes and students to be prevented;
Amendment 61 #
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Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Highlights that it is important for the Union to guarantee a high degree of control over data and maintain the highest standards of protection for personal data;
Amendment 62 #
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Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6 f. Reiterates European principles on the ownership of individuals of their own personal data and explicit, informed consent, which is necessary before using personal data as enshrined in the GDPR; points out that consent implies that individuals understand for which purposes their data will be used and that entities using personal data in algorithms have a responsibility for ensuring this understanding;
Amendment 63 #
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Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Amendment 64 #
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Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6 i. Believes that it is vital that the upcoming EU regulatory proposal establishes in law clear limitations as to what can be considered lawful uses of AI and must legally restrict uses and deployments of AI which unduly infringe upon access to social, cultural, linguistic rights and benefits;
Amendment 65 #
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Paragraph 6 j (new)
Paragraph 6 j (new)
6 j. Highlights that the main purpose of AI must be to provide more ecological and effective alternative to current technology; stresses that AI and humans should collaborate in fulfilling the long- term goals of humankind - to create equal society based on indisputability of human rights and especially right to human dignity, while achieving balances relationship with nature; stresses that making the most advanced AI is not a goal for itself;
Amendment 66 #
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Paragraph 6 k (new)
Paragraph 6 k (new)
6 k. Highlights that beneficial innovation can only be achieved when we guarantee that uses are safe, legal, and do not discriminate; believes in the need to ensure democratic oversight and clear regulation before technologies are deployed;
Amendment 67 #
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Paragraph 6 l (new)
Paragraph 6 l (new)
6 l. Believes that consumers should be adequately informed, if requested in offline format, in a timely, impartial, easily-readable, standardised and accessible manner about the existence, process, rationale, reasoning and possible outcome of algorithmic systems, about how to reach a human with decision- making powers, and about how the system’s decisions can be checked, meaningfully contested and corrected;
Amendment 68 #
6 m. Believes that particular attention in AI literacy programs should be paid in all education levels;
Amendment 69 #
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Paragraph 6 n (new)
Paragraph 6 n (new)
6 n. Notes that those who own or operate inputs to AI systems and profit from it should be asked to help fund the development of AI literacy programmes for schools and universities.