Activities of Marie-Christine VERGIAT related to 2012/2068(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on protecting children in the digital world PDF (241 KB) DOC (156 KB)
Amendments (27)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 bis (new)
Citation 2 bis (new)
- having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights and Convention 108 of the Council of Europe,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the protection of minors in the digital world must be addressed in a spirit of respect for the fundamental liberties and rights at both regulatory level, by deploying more effective instruments of prevention and repression, and on the educational levelintervention, whilst respecting the guarantees of the legal procedures, and on the educational level; whereas no person should be deprived of access to a means of communication and, more specifically, access to the Internet should be guaranteed as a right to freedom of speech and information, and that as a result, the principle behind all measures should be the suppression of illegal or inappropriate content and not the blocking of websites;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the rapid development of technologies mak, with the multiplication of tools, services, prompt answers necessary through permanent bodies that can act in various environments; grammes and products intended for the public, including those aimed at children makes it necessary to develop coherent strategies for the protection of minors through appropriate measures decided upon in line with national and European legislation and implemented by the responsible public authorities, whereas many other matters are connected with the protection of minors in the digital world, such as the neutrality of the Internet, the handling of personal data, respect for privacy, the right to be forgotten and freedom of expression;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the education sector is adjusting to the digital world, but at a pace and in a way that is failing to keep pace with the technological changes in the lives of minors, while parents and educators are having problems in helping them as they remain on the margins of their virtual liveshould integrate the consequences of the development of the digital world into educational programmes at a pace and in a way that allows children to take ownership of technological changes, together with parents and educators;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C bis (new)
Recital C bis (new)
Ca. whereas education in the media and in the new information and communication technologies is important in developing policies for the protection of minors in the digital world and its role in ensuring the safe, appropriate and critical use of these technologies;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas exercise of European citizenship and the complete expression of rightsenjoyment of the ensuing rights, including participation in cultural, social and democratic life, require access also for minors to the use of safe digital instrumentpluralistic and safe digital tools, services and content;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D bis (new)
Recital D bis (new)
Da. whereas, in addition to the fight against illegal and inappropriate content, prevention and intervention measures for the protection of minors must also cover a number of other threats such as harassment, discrimination, restriction of access to services, online surveillance, attacks on privacy and freedom of expression and information, lack of clarity regarding the aims of collecting personal data, etc.;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the level of diffusion of media that convergeprogressive convergence of different media in a single digital system or platform implies risks in terms of easy access to content that is illegal, unsuitable, and harmful forto the development of minors, but also the possibility that data may be collected that is intended to target children as consumers, with harmful, unmeasured effects;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, in the free circulation of the audiovisual services of the single market, where digital service providers have differing responsibilities, the protection of minors and human dignity ismust be pre- eminent; whereas, however, WebTV and hybrid TV are not the subject of legislation surrounding their activities and are therefore outside the scope of any controls;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the measures taken by Member States to prevent illegal online content lead to differing approaches to the prevention of unsuitable conduct;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the various regulatory methodscodes of conduct adopted by suppliers of digital content and services do not always satisfy the requirements of European or national legislation in respect of transparency, independence, confidentiality, the processing of personal data and its profiling for commercial purposes;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Asks the Commission to propose a single framework directive on the rights of minors in the digital world, in order to integrate all the provisions regarding minors envisaged in the previous provisions of the EU, in compliance with the European provisions on fundamental rights and freedoms;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 bis (new)
Paragraph 3 bis (new)
3a. Notes the creation, at the initiative of the Commission, of the CEO coalition for the online security of minors; calls for, in this regard, close collaboration with civil society associations and organisations working for the protection of minors, data protection, education, etc., representatives of parents and educators, including at a European level, as well as the various Commission Directorates-General that are tasked with consumer protection and justice;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates the importance of the digital literacy and skills of minors being considered as a priority in the Union’s social policypolicies with regard to education and youth;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the need for an educational alliance among families, school, civil society, and interested parties and, including those involved in audiovisual services, in order to guarantee a balanced dynamic between the digital world and minors; encourages the Commission to support awareness-raising initiatives aimed at parents and educators in order to ensure that they can best support minors in the use of digital tools and services;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the Commission to support the access of minors to safe and high quality pluralistic digital content in existing programmes, dedicated to young people, education, culture, the arts and the digital world;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that the Commission propose a review of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, including the production of pluralistic and quality online and offline services for young people, as well as recommending to the Member States to include these objectives among the obligations of the public service in particular;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Invites the Commission and the Member States to strengthen cooperation with the policeSupports the concept of developing synergies with other related services, including police and juvenile justice systems to protect minors against online crimes as well as to, particularly by coordinateing hotlines, and invites the Commission and Member States to make agreements with Internet services suppliers to this end;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Supports the commitment of digital content and service suppliers to implement codes of conduct to identify, prevent and remove illegal contentcompliant with the regulations that are in force to identify, prevent and remove illegal content based on the decisions of the legal authorities; encourages the Commission and Member States to carry out evaluations in this area;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages the Commission and Member States to develop strategies and standards toreinforce cooperation in the development of strategies, with respect for fundamental freedoms and rights, and to better coordinate the protection of minors from online and offline exposure toharmful content, as well as to involve third countent that is unsuitable for their ageries in this, including by reaching agreements on the subject;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Invites associations of audiovisual and digital service suppliers, in cooperation with other relevant associations, to integrate the protection of minors into their respective by-laws and to indicate the appropriate age group;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Encourages Member States to continue the dialogue to harmonise the classification of digital content for minors, in cooperation with the relevant operators and associations;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 bis (new)
Paragraph 19 bis (new)
19a. Underlines the importance of making users aware of how their personal data and the data of associated parties are handled by service providers or social networks and of the options available to them for redress in cases where their data are used outside the scope of the legitimate purposes for which they were collected by providers and their partners, this information to appear in a language and form adapted to the user profiles, with special attention paid to minors; considers that providers have particular responsibilities in this regard, and calls on them to inform users in a clear, comprehensible manner of their publication policies;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Invites the Member States to develop more standardand harmonise systems relating to the right of reply in digital media, in order towhilst also improve itsing their effectiveness;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Underlines that digital citizenship is an essential element in European citizenship, in order to create knowledgeable citizens who are protagonists in digital democracy processestechnology is an important learning tool for citizenship, facilitating the participation of many citizens living in peripheral areas and especially of young audiences, allowing them to fully benefit from freedom of expression and online communication;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Invites the Member States to consider digital platforms as training groundtools for democratic participation;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Underlines the importance of promoting, in services and digital content, understanding and dialogue between generations, genders, and various cultural and ethnic groups;