10 Amendments of Iuliu WINKLER related to 2020/2216(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that the digital transformation affects the field of education, which is about to undergo the most substantial change since the introduction of compulsory education; stresses that, according to some estimates, 65% of children entering primary school today will ultimately end up working in new job types that do not yet exist; highlights that digital literacy is an essential skill and there is a need to ensure equal access to these skills as well as to digital equipment as highlighted by the COVID-19 related challenge of remote teaching and learning;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that data access and processing are often indispensable to providing competitive digital services; calls on the Commission to adopt digital trade rules that increase the competitiveness of EU business and facilitate the free transfer of data flows across bordersglobally while respecting EU data protection rules; including by adding ambitious and flexible provisions on cross-border data flows in trade agreements that do not allow for excessive state intervention;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that AI can be an effective tool for enforcing the rules on online content, such as illegal content or fake news, through automated content filtering, and can also be used to implement the ‘notice, take down and stay down’ mechanisms; stresses, however, that AI may pose challenges to fundamental rights, in particular freedom of expression, as well as access to information, cultural diversity and media pluralism; points out that the digital single market should be driven by the principle that "what is illegal offline is also illegal online";
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that production and trade depend on digital information being transported, stored and used across borders;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Highlights the EU data strategy’s role in building its own single market for data through legislation, including the Data Governance Act and the forthcoming Data Act;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Underlines the fact that competitive access to data is of crucial importance for the development of AI technology, which will be increasingly important in several sectors in society; stresses therefore that researchers and businesses need to be given greater freedom to access and use data for AI development;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Draws attention to the legal unpredictability faced by AI technology developers because of inadequate coordination of data protection and ethics issues relating to AI at EU level; asks the Commission therefore to submit guidance for pre-approved data usage procedures, as well as for pseudonymisation and anonymisation, in order to increase legal predictability for AI technology developers; considers that national authorities should follow that EU guidance, when exercising their public authority, as a way of ensuring consistent regulatory compliance and removing obstacles to the functioning of the digital single market;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Recognises the ambition to make the EU a world leader in the development and application of AI and underlines the fact that the EU should position itself as a global leader in the development of ethical and legal norms and standards for the use of AI, potentially setting standards for the rest of the world;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6 f. Notes that SMEs are hardest hit by opaque bureaucracy and excessive regulatory burdens and, accordingly, underlines the fact that legislation needs to be simplified and clarified in order to promote the development and use by them of digital technologies, in particular AI;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6 g. Highlights the fact that the size of the single market constitutes the main potential for increased digital competitiveness and innovation in Europe and that therefore any fragmentation and any unwarranted border barriers to data flows, collaborative research and exports of digital goods and services between EU countries must be immediately eliminated so as to ensure that society reaps the full benefits of the EU market;