Activities of Marie-Christine VERGIAT related to 2018/2115(INI)
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REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning taking stock of the follow-up taken by the EEAS two years after the EP report on EU strategic communication to counteract propaganda against it by third parties PDF (189 KB) DOC (64 KB)
Amendments (28)
Amendment 1 #
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Amendment 2 #
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Amendment 6 #
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Amendment 20 #
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a) to bear in mind that freedom of speech and expression as well as media pluralism should be at the heart of democratic societies, and provconsiders the best safeguards against hostile propagandaguarantors of democracy to be citizens themselves and that education is the key to protecting them against fake news;
Amendment 27 #
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aa) whereas in the European Union what is meant by 'propaganda' is the dissemination of ideas, concepts, information and political doctrines with a view to forming or altering public opinion; and by the term 'disinformation' is meant usually the deliberate dissemination of intentionally false or inaccurate information;
Amendment 33 #
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b) to consider developing a binding legal framework both at EU and international level for tackling hybrid warfare, including cyber and information warfare, the need for which was demonstrated in particular by the hostile actions of Russia in these areathat will give all citizens tools enabling them to understand and question the content of information made known to them and to identify misinformation, since the hostile actions of, in particular, Russia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United States of American and China have demonstrated the necessity for this;
Amendment 43 #
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c) to support the growing number of state institutions, think tanks, NGOs dealing with propaganda and disinformation, and ensure that EU strategic communication becomes a matter of high priority on the European agenda; calls on the VP/HR and the Commission to become more closely involved in this areadisinformation but also the grass-roots educational movements that provide children and adults with the necessary tools for civic education, understanding fundamental rights and developing a critical mind;
Amendment 53 #
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d) to remind the Member States that continue to deny the existence of strategic propaganda to recognise it and take proactive measures in order to counteract and debunk it;eleted
Amendment 64 #
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da) Calls on Member States to take into account and counter known cases of spying by partner third countries and in particular the phone tapping, including of EU leaders, by the United States;
Amendment 78 #
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f) to focus on the continuously growing sophistication of the tools used to spread fake news, including the new ways of spreading propaganda by intended to harm Member States, institutions, political forces or groups of individuals, including the new methods of dissemination using multiple low-level websites, portals and TV stations to disseminate the main narratives; is concerned about Russia’s activities in this context;
Amendment 98 #
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g) to pay special attention to social media which, in spite of their efforts to the contrary, are considered the most common tool for spreading disinformation and hostile propaganda are the most common tool for spreading fake news and content that incites hatred and violence;
Amendment 105 #
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ga) calls on Member States and the European Union to control foreign investment in European news media and considers the situation of the television channel 'Euronews' , whose majority shareholders are American and Egyptian, as symptomatic in this respect;
Amendment 108 #
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h) to regulate, together with the Member States, the actions of social media companies and ensure their full transparency and accountability, in particular making it possible to unco, is concerned about plurality and fairness in public debate givern the identity and location not only of the authors, but also the sponsors of the submitted political contentmpact of the economic model of the major social networks and their algorithms that push content to the fore to the detriment of varied and quality media content and opinions;
Amendment 118 #
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i) to urge social media companies to cooperate closely with statejudicial authorities in all investigations into the alleged use of their platforms for hostile purposes, and to perform transparent audits of entities which have been found to spread disinformation and propagandasuspected of having spread fake news and incited hatred and violence;
Amendment 130 #
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j) to bear in mind that the banning of suspicious accounts or deletion of inappropriate content may be seen as censorship, and therefore make sure that such actions are carried out transparentlyunder judicial supervision, transparently and in a proportionate manner, in cooperation with the competent authorities and civil society, and with full insight into the reasons for doing so; and respect for the principles of freedom of the press and freedom of expression and permitting effective judicial remedies; states that no one should be worried because of the opinions they hold provided that expression thereof does not disturb the public order established by the law, and that all members of the public may therefore receive or pass on news or ideas without interference by public authorities and without regard to borders;
Amendment 139 #
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k) to continue to develop greater resilience and the ability to respond to threats in real time, develop pre-emptive measures and think one step ahead, rather than merely reacting to and analysing attackctions that have already taken place;
Amendment 147 #
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l) to pay special attention to the importance of not only debunking, but also ensuring the clear attribution of suchdeconstruction of received ideas and fake news, but also to identifying the perpetrators of attacks, including publicly naming the perpetrators, their sponsorsople behind them and the goals they seek to achieve, as well as measuring the effects of these attacks on the targeted audience and in particular on the most vulnerable, such as children;
Amendment 167 #
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Amendment 172 #
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na) recognises the relevance of reflection on strategic communication and EU coordination thereof and calls for action by the East StratCom Task Force to take all the geostrategic challenges into account and not focus solely on countries to the East;
Amendment 175 #
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Amendment 182 #
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Amendment 186 #
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Amendment 194 #
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r) to engaurges the EU Representations inside the EU, and the EU Delegations outside the EU, in supporting the work of the East StratCom Task Force, including byto providinge translations of their publications in local languages;
Amendment 200 #
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Amendment 217 #
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Amendment 227 #
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v) to link existing national and local specialised centres, think tanks, NGOs and other actors and institutions dealing with strategic propaganda into an EU-wide network that would help coordinate their actions and gather their findings in one place; to assign adequate resources to this undertaking; stresses that this network should be open to like-minded partners of the EU;
Amendment 239 #
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w) to strongly condemn the interference of third parties, whoever they may be, or private enterprises in elections and referendums, and the use of bots, trolls and fake accounts in political campaigns; underlin, is concerned in this regard by the recent developments in the algorithms of major social networks such as Facebook and their potentially harmful role in pushing to the fore content containing fake news or hate speech, stresses the ability of democratic societies to make their own sovereign political choices;
Amendment 251 #
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xa) calls on the Member States to set up programmes to educate and raise awareness about the use of digital tools, and especially the Internet and social media, with the aim of developing critical thinking and a taste for varied and pluralist information so as to be able to analyse and reject misinformation;