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Activities of Diana RIBA I GINER related to 2020/2009(INI)

Opinions (1)

OPINION on Strengthening Media Freedom: the Protection of Journalists in Europe, Hate Speech, Disinformation and the role of Platforms
2020/09/23
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2020/2009(INI)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(72 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Diana RIBA I GINER', 'mepid': 197832}]

Amendments (10)

Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of the AVMSD in particular as regards hate speech, protection of minors, independence of national media regulators, transparency and media literacy obligations;
2020/05/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the recent launch of a European Digital Media Observatory, a platform aimed at networking fact checkers and researchers and at providing media practitioners, teachers and citizens with information to better understand fake news; is confident that this new instrument will help gather best practices and tailor media literacy programmes according to the latest findings; requests that public safety-related information is presented in a clear and simple manner, including in accessible and usable formats for persons with disabilities;
2020/05/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that civil society organisations (CSOs) are key in fostering media literacy and helping to prevent spreading of hate speech and disinformation; stresses that CSOs are in urgent need of structural support; considers that community media organisations should be integrated as stakeholders in the programmes dedicated to promote journalism and media literacy in Europe, most specifically within the Creative Europe programme (cross- sectoral strand);
2020/05/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls to streamline and integrate media literacy in other EU programmes that support education and media as a tool for inclusion and to develop critical thinking among citizens;
2020/05/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that media professionals and artists often work in precarious conditions with regard to their contracts, salaries and social guarantees, which compromises their ability to work appropriately and thus hampers media pluralism and freedom; asks the Commission to work closely with Member States in order to improve the status and working conditions of the artists;
2020/05/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls that media plays an essential role in preserving democracy and that access to information is an essential part of the fight against COVID- 19; calls for an emergency fund to support the media and press sector, potentially drawing on funds that cannot be spent under other programmes owing to the Covid-19 pandemic;
2020/05/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that any future EU mechanism on democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights must enshrine media freedom, including artistic freedom, as an essential pillar of a democratic system;
2020/05/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recognises the right to artistic freedom and the need to highlight this in the context of the broader framework of fundamental freedoms and freedom of expression; calls on the Commission to include freedom of artistic expression among the specific objectives of Creative Europe 2021-2027;
2020/05/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Believes that online platforms are part of the online public sphere, where education and public debate take place; calls on the EU to ensure safeguards for platforms to respect fundamental rights and freedom of speech;
2020/05/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls the 2018 Council conclusions on the strengthening of European content in the digital economy, which recognize the relevance of content generated by the media "as well as other cultural and creative sectors", as being "essential pillars of Europe's social and economic development";
2020/05/06
Committee: CULT