Activities of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2020/2035(INL)
Plenary speeches (1)
Combating gender-based violence: cyberviolence (continuation of debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas violence against women can take different forms, recognising the structural nature of violence against women as gender-based violence, and that violence against women is one of the crucial social mechanisms by which women are forced into a subordinate position compared with men; whereas women’s rights are human rights and hence universal and indivisible,
Amendment 98 #
D. whereas different forms of online harassment targets all age groups starting from early ages to school and professional life, to elderly years and can take diverse forms from general intimidation, belittlement, inappropriate naming and shaming to undermining, distorting opinions, inappropriate commenting on outlooks and general negative, harassing commentary that targets women and sexual minorities in multiple compared to men, cyber harassment, cyber stalking, cyber bullying, trolling, online hate speech, flaming, doxxing and image- based sexual abuse are among the most common types of gender-based cyberviolence; whereas some Member States have adopted specific legislation on some of those particular forms only;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, despite a growing awareness of the phenomenon of gender- based cyberviolence, the lack of collection of exhaustive and recent data and the underreporting of cases of gender-based cyberviolence prevents an accurate assessment of its prevalence; whereas the European added value assessment on gender-based cyberviolence estimates that between 4 and 7% of women in the Union have experienced cyber harassment during the past 12 months, while between 1 and 3% have experienced cyber stalking which takes multiple forms, and is the most common form of sole or combined hate speech and has for too long been unrecognised and unacted upon;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas some women, such as politicians, women in public positions, journalists, bloggers and human rights defenders, are particularly impacted by gender-based cyberviolence, and whereas this is causing not only psychological harm and suffering to them but also can deterring them from participating digitally in political, social and cultural or even work life;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the transnational nature of gender-based cyberviolence, considering the cross-border dimension of the use of ICTboth that it exists in all EU Member States, and the different abusers find each other online from different locations and the fact that social media is by definition transnational;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls the rise of misogyny, anti- gender and anti-feminist movements and their attacks on women’s rights;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to establish a reliable system for regularly collecting statistical disaggregated and comparable data on gender-based violence, including cyberviolence; obliges EIGE to collect this gender disaggregated data on online hate speech and urges to resource the institute accordingly;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Underlines that the social media platforms are responsible of swiftly removing all type of hate speech and this should be legally binding and also reinforced in the upcoming Digital Services Act regulation;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Recalls that there is no common definition accepted for the recognition of cyber violence and hate speech online against women and calls on the Commission and Member States to define and adopt a common definition to the various forms of violence and hate speech targeting women and sexual minorities online that could serve as a basis for legislation.