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11 Amendments of Kati PIRI related to 2017/2209(INI)

Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Deplores the broad scope of the Code of Conduct on Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online, promoted by the Commission, and the large margin of manoeuvre left to private companies to determine what constitutes ‘illegality’, which could potentially lead to censorship and arbitrary restrictions on freedom of expression;deleted
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Encourages the European Commission and Member States authorities to strengthen their efforts to build effective counter-narratives and other strategic communications tools to disrupt the process of radicalization towards extremist ideals;
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Observes that an effective means of combating terrorism on the internet is to remove online contents constituting a public provocation to commit a terrorist offence. Encourages the Commission and Member States to cooperate with internet sector to prevent the misuse of social media for terrorist purposes by establishing tools to detect and flag illicit contents. Member States should provide clear guidelines to ensure an adequate level of legal certainty and predictability for users and service providers and the possibility of judicial redress in accordance with national law;
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Welcomes the European Commission decision to establish a High Level Expert Group on fake news and online disinformation composed by representatives of the civil society, social media platforms, news media organisations, journalists and academia in order to analyse these emerging threats and propose operative measures to be taken both at European and national level;
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Recalls Member States that the notion of fake news should never be used to criminalise critical media;
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Calls on the European Commission to provide social media platforms with precise definitions of fake news and disinformation in order to reduce the margin of discretion left to the private sector actors;
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13 d. Encourages social media companies to develop tools to enable users to flag potential fake news for review by certified third party fact checking organisations;
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13 e. Reiterates that cyberbullying and revenge porn are a growing concern in our societies and can have extremely serious impacts especially among young people and children. Encourages all Member States to set up forward looking legislation to address this phenomenon including provisions for removal from social media of contents harmful for human dignity within well-defined deadlines;
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 f (new)
13 f. Encourages both the European Commission and Member States to invest in media literacy in order to provide citizens with tools to be aware and critical about contents they read and consequently identify fake news and disinformation;
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 g (new)
13 g. Calls on Member States to invest adequate financial resources for fact- checking as well as to integrate media and information literacy into national education systems and more generally in order to empower citizens with the tools to use the internet responsibly and avoid possible risks;
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 h (new)
13 h. Reiterates the right of each individual to decide on the fate of his or her personal data, in particular the exclusive right to control the use, disclosure of personal information and the right to be forgotten defined as the possibility to obtain a prompt removal of contents that might be prejudicial for his or her own dignity from social media and search websites;
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE