2012/2094(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Is concerned that some citizens see the current system of copyright protection as a tool to ‘punish and withhold, instead of a tool to recognise and reward’;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Is concerned~~Agrees with the concern expressed by the Commission that 'citizens ~~see the current system of copyright protection~~increasingly hear the word copyright and hate what is behind it'; notes that 'many see the current system as a tool to ‘punish and withhold, ~~instead of~~not a tool to recognise and reward~~’1 ; __________________~~ .'1; acknowledges the important role which foreign trade policy has had in shaping these tools; __________________ 1 Vice-President of the European Commission Neelie Kroes responsible for the Digital Agenda, 19th November 2011 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesActio n. do?reference=SPEECH/11/777

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Is concerned that citizens see the current system of copyright protection as a tool to ‘punish and withhold,~~Believes that ensuring high standards of copyright protection in the Internet environment is essential so that inste~~ad of a tool to recognise and reward’~~llectual property in areas of technical innovation can also be protected effectively;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Is c~~Understands that Commissioncern Kroes feels dismayed that some citizens ~~see~~view the current system of copyright protection as a tool with which to ‘punish and ~~withhold, instead of a tool to~~oppress, rather than being one that recognises and reward~~’1;~~s content creators1: __________________ 1 ~~http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesActi on.do?reference=SPEECH/11/777~~"Sadly, many see the current system as a tool to punish and withhold, not a tool to recognise and reward."

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – footnote 1

~~1 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesActi on.do?reference=SPEECH/11/777~~deleted

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes that the personal IP address is a component of personal data and is thus specifically protected by the right of informational self-determination; considers that this should also be anchored in trade agreements;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes with concern how limiting access to the Internet is used for protectionist purposes by China and other countries which, for example, make reference to national security to exclude European companies in an attempt to create a protected market for their own digital services;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Realises that though it is preferable for these matters to be regulated at member state level, article 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union clearly stipulates that, "intellectual property shall be protected";

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Points out that the limits on Internet access imposed by many countries for protectionist purposes are contrary to their commitments under the GATS agreement and therefore urges the Commission to take action against them within the framework of the WTO;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Also understands, therefore, that the Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy along with the new Common Commercial Policy could be tools that ensure that the intellectual property rights of EU citizens and businesses are protected in the best possible way, and that if combined, could form a basis for implementing ambitious levels of IPR protection in trade and investment agreements to which the EU is a party;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recognises that the Internet has become ~~a public space which has given rise to new method~~part of the public domain where new ways of cross-border trade and innovative market development, as well as social and cultural interaction, are achieved;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Considers that more global cooperation is needed to uphold and modernise intellectual property rights in the future, this being vital to ensure innovation, employment and open world trade;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls on Member States and the Commission to develop IPR policy to continue to allow those who wish to create their own content and share it without IPR to be allowed to do so;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Is of the opinion that the European Union should stop negotiating international agreements on IPR in plurilateral and bilateral settings until the issues regarding IPR on the Internet and the free use of the Internet have been addressed internally and duly resolved;deleted

Amendment 23 #

Marietje SCHAAKE, Niccolò RINALDI, Silvana KOCH-MEHRIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Is of the opinion that the European Union should stop negotiating international agreements on IPR in plurilateral and bilateral settings until the issues regarding IPR on the Internet and~~Calls upon the European Commission and the Council to ensure that mandates for multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations, as well as the conduct of the negotiations themselves, are effectively conducive to the achievement of important objectives of the European Union, in particular the achievement of a true digital single market. Ensuring the Internet remains an open and neutral communication infrastructure and that the fre~~e use of the Internet have been addressed internally and duly resolved~~gime for copyright and other intellectual property rights is not fragmented across borders are two essential components of this endeavour;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Is of the opinion~~Realises that some anti-IPR lobbying groups feel that the European Union should stop negotiating international agreements ~~on IPR in plurilateral and bil~~where IPR-related matter~~al settings~~s are at stake until ~~the~~ issues regarding IPR oin ~~the I~~internet and the free use of ~~the I~~internet have been ~~addressed~~ internally addressed and duly re~~solv~~defined;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Is of the opinion that the European Union should stop negotiating international agreements on IPR in plurilateral and bilateral settings until the issues regarding IPR on the Internet and the fresponsible use of the Internet have been addressed internally and duly resolved;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to finally submit a proposal for a directive on the enforcement of copyright in the digital domain that is tailored to present requirements, so that agreements can be reached with our trading partners on the basis of a modern European law;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Calls on~~Asks the Commission and the Council ~~not to conclude trade agreements with countries where EU ICT companies are required to restrict access to web~~, when negotiating future trade agreements, to make sure that the freedom of EU ICT companies to conduct busitnes~~, remove user-generated content or provide~~s or the fundamental rights of natural or legal personals in~~formation in ways tha~~ the EU are not bre~~ach fundamental rights and curtail the freedom to conduct business; calls on the EU to minimise~~stricted directly or indirectly by corresponding obligations in these agreements; calls also, therefore, for the extra-territorial application of third-country legislation ~~on EU citizens online~~to natural or legal persons in the EU to be minimised;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission to promote software and hardware solutions for secure, independent online trading and Internet solutions for active democratic participation by all citizens, and to anchor these in the EU’s foreign trade relations;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Council ~~not to conclude~~to condition the conclusion of trade agreements with countries ~~where EU ICT~~on a guarantee that European Union information and communication technologies companies are not required to restrict access to websites, remove user- generated content or provide personal information in ways that breach fundamental rights and curtail the freedom to conduct business; ~~calls on the EU to minimise the extra-territorial application of third-country legislation on EU citizens online;~~

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Council ~~not to conclude trade agreements with countries where EU ICT companies are required to~~to advocate in all international negotiations that ICT companies may not restrict access to websites, may not remove user-generated content orand do not provide personal information in ways that could breach fundamental rights and curtail the freedom to conduct business; ~~calls on the EU to minimise the extra-territorial application of third-country legislation on EU citizens online;~~

Amendment 32 #

Marietje SCHAAKE, Niccolò RINALDI, Silvana KOCH-MEHRIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Council ~~not to conclude trade agreements with countries where EU ICT companies are required to~~to focus especially on trade barriers that restrict access to ~~websites, remov~~online user~~-generated content or provide personal information in ways that breach fundamental rights and~~vices, which also curtail the freedom to conduct business~~; calls on the EU to minimise the extra-territorial application of third-country legislation on EU citizens online~~ in a digital environment.

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the ~~Commission and the Council not to conclude trade agreements with countries where EU ICT companies are required to restrict access to websites,~~EU to provide political backing to European companies faced in third countries with request to remove user-generated content or provide personal information in ways that breach fundamental rights and curtail the freedom to conduct business; calls on the EU to minimise the extra-territorial application of third-country legislation on EU citizens online;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Council ~~not to~~to justify its actions thoroughly when concludeing trade agreements with countries where EU ICT companies are required to restrict ~~access to~~ websites access, remove user-generated content or provide personal information in ways that ~~breach~~contravene fundamental rights and ~~curtail~~ the freedom to conduct business; ~~calls on the EU to minimise the extra-territorial application of third-country legislation on EU citizens online;~~

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Council not to conclude trade agreements with countries where EU ICT companies are required to restrict access to websites, remove user-generated content or provide personal information in ways that breach fundamental rights and curtail the freedom to conduct business; calls on the EU to minimise the extra-territorial application of third-country legislation on EU citizens online; and to be vigilant about harmful potential of certain technology systems coming from outside the EU.

Amendment 36 #

Marietje SCHAAKE, Niccolò RINALDI, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission not to transfer enforcement and copyright claims to economic operators in future trade agreements, and also to ensure that actions that interfere with internet freedom law may only be carried out under the rule of law with judicial authority;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes that eCommerce has developed outside of traditional and standard trade- regulatory frameworks. Stresses the importance of increased international cooperation in the WTO and WIPO to protect and ensure the development of the global digital market. Calls for a revision and update of the current Information Technology Agreement (ITA) in the WTO and for the EU to explore the possibilities of an International Digital Economy Agreement (IDEA);

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to include a safeguard mechanism in all future trade agreements, and especially those with an IPR and/or internet chapter, in order to ensure that EU ICT companies are not required by third parties to restrict websites access, remove user-generated content or provide personal information in ways that contravene fundamental rights and freedoms;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Considers restricted access for EU businesses to digital markets and online consumers through mass state censorship or restricted market-access for European online service providers in third countries protectionist measures and trade barriers, potentially to be addressed in international dispute settlement mechanisms; Calls on the Commission to present a strategy to challenge measures by third countries restricting access for EU companies to global online markets;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that infringements of intellectual property rights can pose a serious threat to legitimate trade and the competitiveness of the EU and its Member States, and that this subsequently has a negative impact on growth and employment;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the EU to ensure that the application of third country legislation on EU citizens online fully complies with fundamental rights and freedoms;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Notes that increased governmental involvement and regulation of the Internet hampers its open and unrestricted nature, thereby restricting the potential for increased eCommerce and EU businesses in the digital economy; believes a multi-stakeholder approach offers the best approach in ensuring a balance between public and private interest on the Internet and the global market place; calls for an international effort to build required infrastructures to enable the expansion of the digital economy, including liberal regulatory regimes, also to developing countries to increase mutual benefits in line with the trade for change principle;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Considers new technologies as enablers of change and beneficial to fundamental freedoms, human rights and business opportunities; acknowledges that EU made technologies and services are used in third countries to purposely violate human rights by censoring information, tracking citizens and for building parallel intranets;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

~~5. Believes that the EU should include in future FTAs objective and transparent safeguards preserving unrestricted access to the open Internet and ensuring the free flow of information;~~deleted

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Believes that the EU should include in future FTAs objective ~~and~~, transparent and accountable safeguards preserving unrestricted access to the open Internet and ensuring the free flow of information respecting the existing commitments in the international forums, particularly within the WTO; Recalls that by protecting the free flow of information in the cyberspace, the EU can strengthen the protection of digital freedom and fundamental rights worldwide, particularly within its neighbour countries and trade partner countries;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Believes that the EUuropean Council and the European Commission should include in future ~~FTA~~free trade agreements objective and transparent safeguards preserving unrestricted access to the open Internet and ensuring the free flow of information, as well as provisions safe-guarding flexibilities in copyright;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Believes that the EU should also include ~~in future FTAs objective and transparent safeguards p~~Internet freedom in future trade negotiations where resfer~~ving unrestricted access to the open Internet and ensuring the free flow of information~~ences are made to human rights.

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Believes that the EU should include in future FTAs objective and transparent safeguards preserving unrestricted access to the open Internet and ensuring~~Calls on the Commission to ensure, in all future FTAs too, the protection of intellectual property rights in bilateral trade between the EU and the fre~~e flow of information~~spective partner;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Believes that the EU should ~~include in future FTAs~~consider the possibility of implementing objective and transparent bilateral safeguards preserving ~~unrestricted~~ access to the open Iinternet and ensuring the free flow of information, in compliance with existing legislation, in future Free Trade Agreements (FTAs);

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recalls that the extra-territorial application on European Union citizens of laws from foreign jurisdictions has arisen as an issue both in terms of censorship and restricted access to political information, as well as in the copyright debates; calls on the Council and the Commission to minimise the impact of third-country legislation, or lack thereof, on European Union citizens online;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers the Internet as a global market place for which the free flow of information and access to communication and information technologies are indispensable prerequisites. Calls for the inclusion of conditionality clauses in EU free trade agreements stipulating objective and transparent safeguards preserving unrestricted access to the open Internet and ensuring the free flow of information;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the need for more stringent supply- chain controls and voluntary corporate responsibility schemes in ~~respect of trading in products –~~the trade of products and services, from equipment to mobile devices ~~– and services, which~~, that can be used to ~~curtail~~abuse human rights and curtail digital freedom; ~~regards~~asks members states to exercise caution when exporting jamming and interception technology products and services ~~as ‘single use’ items whose export should be subject to ex-ante approval~~to countries where citizens are denied the right to free expression.

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the need for more stringent supply-chain controls and corporate responsibility schemes and transparency mechanisms in respect of trading in products – from basic goods and equipment to mobile devices – and services, which can be used to curtail human rights and digital freedom; regards jamming and interception technology products and services as ‘single use’ items whose export should be subject to ex-ante approval.

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the need for more stringent supply-chain controls and corporate responsibility schemes in respect of trading in products – from equipment to mobile devices – and services, which can be used to curtail human rights and digital freedom; regards jamming and interception technology products and services as ‘'single use’' items whose export should be subject to ex-ante approval. Urges the Commission to present a new draft Regulatory framework on dual use exports, addressing the export of potentially harmful export of ICTs to third countries and which foresees a coordinating and monitoring role for the Commission;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Believes companies should design and implement businesses practices monitoring the possible impact of new ICT products on human rights, also in the R&D phase, and to ensure non-complicity in possible human rights violations in third countries. Calls on the Commission to provide EU businesses with a wide range of information to ensure the right balance between business interests and corporate social responsibility;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Believes copyright reform in the EU is essential for completing both the EU's digital single market, as well for optimizing the opportunities for EU businesses and content providers in the global digital economy, calls on the Commission to further it's IPR strategy whilst taking into full account a need for a balanced copyright reform which suits the 21st century digital communications networks and is primarily based on fundamental rights protection online, proportional protection of rightsholders and preserving the open nature of the internet and it's innovation potential, and which should become the new basis for IPR provisions and commitments in future FTAs;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recognises as vital for the development of innovation, growth and job creation to appropriately safeguard intellectual property rights (IPR) for those companies in the EU (European Union) that rely on them to sustain employment in the ICT (information and communications technology) and media sector;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Understands that EU companies lose billions of euros each year as a result of counterfeiting and piracy and deeply regrets the impact of both on rising EU unemployment rates;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

~~2. Is concerned that citizens see the current system of copyright protection as a tool to ‘punish and withhold, instead of a tool to recognise and reward’1.~~deleted

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Is concerned that citizens ~~see the~~perceived the fragmented Member State-based current system of copyright protection as a tool to ‘punish and withhold, instead of a tool to recognise and reward’; and to widen and promote culture and knowledge; Stresses the need to revise the EU IPR Enforcement Directive, balancing both IPR right-holders and citizens' rights, before further entering into international IPR protection negotiations.

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Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

- having regard to the resolution adopted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union Governing Council on 19 October 20111, __________________ 1 Resolution adopted unanimously by the IPU Governing Council at its 189th session (Bern, 19 October 2011) http://www.ipu.org/english/issues/hrdocs/ 189/is01.htm

Amendment 10 #

Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. Whereas ICTs may also play a role of a useful tool for terrorist organisations to prepare and perform attacks;

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Calls on the Commission and Council to unequivocally recognise digital freedoms as fundamental rights and as indispensable prerequisites for enjoying universal human rights such as privacy, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and access to information and ensuring transparency and accountability in public life;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Calls on the Commission and Council to ~~unequivocally~~ recognise digital freedoms as fundamental rights ~~and as indispensable~~, those which do not endanger and restrict EU citizens' efforts to produce creatively and innovate uniquely, and as prerequisites for enjoying universal human rights such as freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and access to information and ensuring transparency and accountability in public life, while also maintaining that EU growth and job creation efforts are threatened when its citizens' ideas are counterfeited and their products are pirated;

Amendment 102 #

Paweł Robert KOWAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Takes the opinion that it is necessary to provide filtering and to combat spam, which has a negative impact on internet security;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls on the Commission and Council to support, train and empower human rights defenders, civil society activists and ~~independent journalists and ensure their security and freedom online~~journalists using TCTs in their activities, and to assert the relating fundamental rights of freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of association ~~online~~;

Amendment 104 #

María MUÑIZ DE URQUIZA, Marek SIWIEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls on the Commission and Council to support, train and empower human rights defenders, civil society activists and independent journalists and ensure their security and freedom online, and to assert the fundamental rights of privacy, free expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of association online;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Asks Member States not to use the exception of public order as a restrictive measure to limit civil society organisations' fundamental rights of assembly and demonstration and recalls that such an exception ought to be motivated and proportional.

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

~~35. Calls on the Commission and Council to upgrade their in-house ICT knowledge base;~~deleted

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Calls on the Commission and Council to upgrade their in-house ICT knowledge base and train all members of staff on e- skills and safe use of internet and ICTs;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Calls for political ~~and diplomatic~~ support for digital freedoms in recipient countries of EU aid, in addition to assistance programmes in non-democratic countries and in recipient countries of EU aid programs;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Considers that ~~governments which~~the restriction of digital freedoms should be~~come ineligible for EU aid~~ taken into full consideration in the EU's relations with third countries, while those receiving EU assistance and aid should be required to use ICTs in order to increase transparency and accountability;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas these changes create new contexts which require adapted application of existing laws based on a strategy to mainstream internet and ICTs in all EU external action;

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Considers that governments which restrict digital freedoms should become ineligible for EU aid, except countries in acute conflict and disaster and immediate post-conflict and post-disaster situations while those receiving EU aid should be required to use ICTs in order to increase transparency and accountability;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Urges the Council and Commission to ~~includ~~promote, in accession negotiations, human rights dialogues, trade negotiations and all forms of contact relating to human rights, ~~conditionality clauses stipulating~~ the need to respect and preserve unrestricted access to the internet, digital freedoms and human rights online;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Urges the Council and Commission to include, in accession negotiations, human rights dialogues, trade negotiations and all forms of contact relating to human rights, conditionality clauses stipulating the need to respect and preserve unrestricted access to the internet, and digital freedoms ~~and human rights online~~;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Urges the Council and Commission to include, in accession negotiations and negotiations of framework agreements with third countries, human rights dialogues, trade negotiations and all forms of contact relating to human rights, conditionality clauses stipulating the need to ~~respect~~guarantee and pres~~erve~~pect unrestricted access to the internet, digital freedoms and human rights online;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Urges the Council and Commission to include, in accession negotiations, human rights dialogues, trade negotiations and all forms of contact relating to human rights, conditionality clauses stipulating the need to respect and preserve ~~unrestricted~~ access to the internet, digital freedoms and human rights online; deems it, however, necessary to debate and define exactly what 'unrestricted' entails from a legislative and legal perspective;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)

40a. Considers coordination and joint diplomatic initiatives with other OECD countries in developing and executing a digital freedom strategy essential for efficient and agile action;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 b (new)

40b. Calls on the Commission and the Council to adopt a Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy as soon as possible;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission, and the EEAS.

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, the Council, the Commission and the EEAS.

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the internet has flourished and developed organically as a platform of huge public value; whereas, however, the misuse of new opportunities and instruments made available by the internet also creates new risks and dangers;

Amendment 13 #

Dominique VLASTO

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the internet has also become a factor in the development of international trade which demands continuing vigilance, particularly in relation to consumer protection;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas restrictions should only exist in cases of using the Internet for illegal activities, such as incitement to hatred, violence and racism, totalitarian propaganda and children's access to pornography or their sexual exploitation;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union underlines that "The Union shall ensure consistency between the different areas of its external action and between these and its other policies. The Council and the Commission, assisted by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, shall ensure that consistency and shall cooperate to that effect;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recognises that unrestricted and uncensored access to the internet, mobile phones and ICTs have impacted on human rights and fundamental freedoms, exerting an enabling effect, by expanding the scope of freedom of expression, access to information, the right to privacy and freedom of assembly across the world;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Recognises the vast enabling, creating and catalysing potential of the internet and ICTs for community building, civil society, global economic, social, scientific, cultural and political development, contributing as such to the progress of humankind as a whole;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Recognises the vast enabling, creating and catalysing potential of the internet and ICTs for global economic, social, scientific, cultural and political development, contributing as such to the progress of humankind as a whole; is aware, nevertheless, of new risks and dangers arising from the misuse of new opportunities and instruments made available by the internet;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recognizes that the internet and the social media enable governments to engage in direct diplomacy and the facilitation of increased people-to-people contact around the world, stresses that open debates about ideas can refute extremism and improve intercultural engagement and understanding;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 16 February 2012 on access by blind people to books and other printed products1, __________________ 1 European Parliament resolution of 16 February 2012 on Petition 0924/2011 by Dan Pescod (British), on behalf of the European Blind Union (EBU)/Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), on access by blind people to books and other printed products (2011/2894(RSP)) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getD oc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA- 2012- 0059+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language= EN

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Considers culture as a facilitator of access and contact where political relations are blocked or troubled, recognizes that freedom and culture are very much intertwined and that digital cultural diplomacy is of strategic interest to the EU;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2a. Recognises the role of artistic freedom, and the freedom to imitate and re-use, as cornerstones for creativity and freedom of expression and ideas; acknowledges, as such, the important part exceptions and limitations play in the copyright eco-system, especially in areas of journalism, quotation, satire, archives, libraries and the ensuring of access and usability of cultural heritage;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the repression and control of citizens, civil society organisations and activists, media and business involves a growing technological component, through the blocking of content and the monitoring and identification of human rights defenders, journalists, activists and dissidents, as well as through the criminalisation of legitimate expression online and the adoption of restrictive legislation to justify such measures;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the repression and control of citizens and business in some countries involves a growing technological component, through the blocking of content and the monitoring and identification of human rights defenders, journalists, activists and dissidents, as well as through the criminalisation of legitimate expression online and the adoption of restrictive legislation to justify such measures;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the repression and control of citizens and business involves a growing technological component, through the ~~blocking of content and the~~ monitoring and identification of human rights defenders, journalists, activists and dissidents~~, as well as~~ through the criminalisation and blocking of legitimate expression and opposition opinion online, ands well as the adoption of restrictive legislation to justify such measures;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Stresses that the~~Calls on the Commission to duly address the fact that there are countries applying repression and control of citizens and business ~~involves a growing technological component~~, through the blocking of content and the monitoring and identification of human rights defenders, journalists, activists and dissidents~~, as well as through~~; further calls on the Commission to act against the criminalisation of legitimate expression online and the adoption of restrictive legislation to justify such measures; reaffirms therefore that such practices are against the Copenhagen criteria;

Amendment 26 #

Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that the recognition and implementation of the principles of Corporate Social Responsibility by Internet Service Providers, Software Developers, hardware producers, social networking services/media, etc. is necessary to guarantee the freedom of action and safety of Human Rights Defenders as well as freedom of expression;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that the promotion and protection of digital freedoms should be mainstreamed and annually reviewed so as to ensure accountability and continuity, in all the EU's external actions, financing and aid policies and instruments; under the leadership of the High Representative and the EEAS;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that the promotion and protection of digital freedoms should be mainstreamed and annually reviewed so as to ensure accountability and continuity, in all the EU's external actions, financing and aid policies and instruments; urges the Commission and EEAS to take a proactive approach in this regard and ensure a horizontal cooperation and coordination between and within relevant EU institutions and agencies;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that the promotion and protection of digital freedoms in all the EU's external actions, financing and aid policies, and instruments should be mainstreamed and annually reviewed so as to ensure accountability and continuity, ~~in all the EU's external actio~~as well as to maintain the promotion of safeguards agains,t f~~inancing and aid policies and instruments;~~ raud and harm to the innovative process necessary for growth;

Amendment 3 #

Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

- having regard to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights,

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

~~5. Reaffirms the Commission's recognition of unrestricted access to the internet as part of the Copenhagen criteria;~~deleted

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Reaffirms the Commission's recognition of ~~unrestricted~~ access to the internet as part of the Copenhagen criteria;

Amendment 32 #

Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Reaffirms the Commission's ~~recogniti~~assessment that freedom of the media is one of ~~unrestricted access to the internet as part of the Copenhagen criteria~~the fundamental rights and thus part of the Copenhagen criteria and that limitations to freedom of expression, also on the internet, should be justified by a pressing social need and, in particular, proportionate to the legitimate aim pursued;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Considers concerns relating to the protection and promotion of human rights and freedoms online present in all countries; whilst recognizing the critical distinctions in the context within which ICTs are used such as the existence of the rule of law and the right to redress;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to ensure coherence between EU's external actions and the Commission's internal strategies when defending strictly necessary and proportionate restrictions to fundamental rights, particularly when upholding basic international law principles, such as that restrictions must be based on law and not introduced in an ad hoc manner by industry;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that effective EU development and human rights policies require mainstreaming ICTs and bridging the digital divide, by providing basic technological infrastructures and facilitating access to knowledge and information;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that effective EU development policies require mainstreaming ICTs and bridging the digital divide, by providing basic technological infrastructures ~~and~~, facilitating access to knowledge and information, and promoting digital literacy all over the world;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers ICTs to be enablers of transparency and good governance, literacy, education, sexual and reproductive healthcare, effective election monitoring and disaster relief, especially in remote areas ~~or rural~~and developing societies;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers ICTs to be enablers of transparency and good governance, literacy, education, ~~sexual and reproductive healthcare,~~ effective election monitoring and disaster relief in remote areas or rural societies;

Amendment 39 #

Paweł Robert KOWAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Takes the view that it is necessary to protect users, and particularly children, from harmful pornographic and violent content;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)

- having regard to the UN Convention of the 17 April 2003 for the Safe-guarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage1, __________________ 1 http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/0 01325/132540e.pdf

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that EU development and aid programmes should include digital freedoms, above all in societies going through post-conflict or political transitions; believes that EU regulatory experts ~~are essential interlocutors for purposes of~~can considerably contribute to the training of counterparts and the embedding of basic rights and principles in new (media) regulation and legislation in third countries;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that EU development and aid programmes should include digital freedoms, above all in societies going through post-conflict or political transitions; believes that EU regulatory experts are essential interlocutors for purposes of training counterparts and embedding basic rights and principles in new (media) regulation and legislation; stresses that aid in the form of building ICT infrastructures should be made conditional on the implementation and preservation of uncensored access to the internet and information online; as well as on digital freedom more broadly;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that EU development and ~~aid programmes should include digital freedoms, above all in societ~~human rights policies should include aid programs fostering digital freedoms, above all in societies in non-democratic countries, as well as in countries going through post-conflict or political transitions; believes that EU regulatory experts are essential interlocutors for purposes of training counterparts and embedding basic rights and principles in new (media) regulation and legislation;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Draws the attention to the importance of developing ICTs in conflict areas to promote peace-building activities at civil society level with a view to providing secure communications between parties involved in peaceful resolution of conflicts, thereby actively overcoming physical hindrances and risks in bilateral contacts for people and organizations in such areas;

Amendment 44 #

Paweł Robert KOWAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Hopes that the appropriate use of new communication technologies, and in particular social media, will help to reinforce direct democracy among citizens of the EU and of third countries by creating social platforms for formulating legislation;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that the digital collection ~~of evidence~~ and dissemination of ~~images~~evidence of human rights violations can contribute to the global fight against impunity; considers that ~~assistance is needed in making materials~~these materials should be admissible under international (criminal) law as evidence in court proceedings;

Amendment 46 #

Indrek TARAND, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Emphasises the need to ensure that rare earth materials used in the production of ICTs are obtained in conditions of respect for human, labour and environmental rights; and are not subject to monopolistic practices or subject to limitation of trade access caused by strictly political reasons;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Emphasises the need to ensure that rare earth materials used in the production of ICTs are obtained in conditions of respect for human, labour and environmental rights; believes that a multilateral approach to ensuring access to rare earth materials in humane circumstances is a requisite for achieving these goals;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Deplores the ~~use of~~fact that EU-made technologies and services are sometimes used in third countries to violate human rights through censorship of information, mass surveillance, monitoring, and the tracing and tracking of citizens and their activities on (mobile) telephone networks and the internet;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Deplores the use of EU-made technologies and services in third countries to violate human rights through censorship of information, mass surveillance, monitoring, and the tracing and tracking of citizens and their activities on (mobile) telephone networks and the internet; urges the Commission to take all necessary steps to stop this digital arms trade;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas technological developments enable individuals and societies all over the world to use new information and communication technologies (ICTs) and to connect to the internet, thus f~~oster~~acilitating rdev~~olutionary changes in~~elopment of individuals and societies, the functioning of public communication, democracy, governance~~, the~~ and economy~~, business, media, development and trade~~; and presenting important tools in fight for fundamental rights;

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Deplores the use of EU-made technologies and services in third countries to violate human rights through censorship of information, mass surveillance, monitoring, and the tracing and tracking of citizens and their activities on (mobile) telephone networks and the internet; takes the position, however, that the technologies in and of themselves are morally indifferent, and that malicious policy renders responsibility to the actor, and not the instrument.

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the ban on the export of repressionve technologies and services to Syria and Iran; believes this ban should become a precedent for structural restrictive measures, such as ex-ante licensing requirements, an EU-wide ‘catch-all’ provision or ‘country-specific lists’ in the dual-use regulatory framework;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Welcomes~~Calls for the ban on the export of repression technologies and services to ~~Syria and Iran~~non-democratic countries; believes this ban should become a precedent for structural restrictive measures, such as an EU-wide ‘catch-all’ provision or ‘country- specific lists’ in the dual-use regulatory framework;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the ban on the export of repression technologies and services to Syria and Iran; believes ~~this ban should become a precedent for structural restrictive measures, such as an EU-wide ‘catch-all’ provision or ‘~~it prudent, however, to specify that these bans must be issued on a case-by-case basis, taking into account~~ry-~~ specific ~~lists’ in the dual-use regulatory framework~~s when dealing with conflict zones or controversial regimes;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines the need for more stringent supply-chain controls and corporate responsibility schemes in respect of trading in products (from equipment to mobile devices) and services which can be used to curtail human rights and digital freedom;deleted

Amendment 55 #

Dominique VLASTO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines the need for more stringent supply-chain controls and corporate responsibility schemes not only in respect of trading in products (from equipment to mobile devices) and services which can be used to curtail human rights and digital freedom but also with a view to more effective consumer protection;

Amendment 56 #

Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL, Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines the need for more stringent supply-chain controls, such as the 'know your end-user principle' and corporate responsibility schemes in respect of trading in products (from equipment to mobile devices) and services which can be used to curtail human rights and digital freedom;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

~~15. Regards certain targeted jamming, surveillance, monitoring and interception technology products and services as ‘single-use’ items whose export should be subject to ex ante approval;~~deleted

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Regards certain targeted jamming, surveillance, monitoring and interception technology products and services as ‘single-use’ items ~~whose export should be subject to ex ante approval~~, therefore calls for establishing a regularly updated list of countries violating the freedom of human right expression, to which export of 'single-use' items should be banned;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses the need to implement and monitor EU sanctions on technologies at Union level so as to ensure that Member States comply equally and the level playing field is preserved;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas internet ~~access~~ is a key enabler of access to information, freedom of expression, ~~press~~ freedom of press, freedom of assembly, and economic, social, political and cultural developments;

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses the need to monitor EU sanctions on technologies at Union level ~~so as to ensure that Member States comply equally and the level playing field is preserved~~;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Stresses that the Commission should be able to provide companies, in doubt whether to file for an export license, with real time information about the legality or potentially harmful effects of trade deals, as well as EU (based) companies that enter into contractual relations with third country governments, whether to win operating licenses, negotiate standstill clauses or by accepting public involvement in business operations or public use of networks and services;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

~~17. Believes companies should perform human rights impact assessments on ICTs, starting at the R&D phase, and ensure non-complicity in possible human rights violations in third countries;~~deleted

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. ~~Believes companies should~~Calls for the creation of a EU legal framework that would oblige companies in Member States to perform human rights impact assessments on ICTs, starting at the R&D phase, and ensure non- complicity in possible human rights violations in third countries;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. ~~Believes companies should perform human rights impact assessments on ICTs, starting at the R&D phase, and ensure non-complicity in possible human rights violations in third countries~~Calls on the Commission to provide for legal solutions enabling the Commission to demand human rights impact assessments from companies accomplishing public procurement;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Deplores, in this respect, the active involvement of European companies and international companies operating in the EU where repressive government policies against human rights activists and political dissidents with regards to digital rights, internet access and ICT are deployed; urges the Commission to exclude from EU procurement procedures and calls for tender companies engaged in such activities;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Stresses the importance of protection of consumers' rights in the international agreements concerning ICTs;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Urges the Commission to submit, during the course of 2013, at the latest, proposals that require increased transparency and accountability for EU- based companies and the disclosure of human rights impact assessment policies; in order to improve the monitoring of the export of ICTs, products and services aimed at blocking websites, mass surveillance, tracking and monitoring of individuals, breaking into private (email) conversations and the filtering of search results.

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Recognises that the internet has become a public space as well as a marketplace, for which the free flow of information and access to ICTs are indispensable; therefore, takes the stance that digital freedoms and free trade must be promoted and protected simultaneously in order to encourage and support the free exchange of ideas as well as increased business opportunities for EU citizens in an increasingly digital global economy;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Strongly believes that infringements of intellectual property rights can and do pose threats to international trade, and in doing so impede EU efforts to increase competitiveness of the European Union as a whole and of individual Member States in particular, and as a result, fraudulent tactics harm legitimate innovation which impacts negatively growth and employment efforts so desired from EU constituents, likewise resulting in annual private sector loses measured in the billions;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas there is a global consensus, reflected in international law, that restrictions to fundamental rights must be foreseen by law;

Amendment 70 #

Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL, Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

~~21. Calls for the inclusion of conditionality clauses in EU FTAs, stipulating transparent safeguards, preserving unrestricted access to the internet, and ensuring the free flow of information;~~deleted

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for the inclusion ~~of conditionality clauses in EU FTAs, stipulating transparent safeguards, preserving unrestricted access to the internet,~~in EU FTAs of wording that preserves access to the internet, promotes transparent safeguards and ensur~~ing~~es the free flow of information, while remaining in line with the EU acquis;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that mandates for multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations, as well as the conduct of the negotiations themselves, are effectively conducive to the achievement of important objectives of the European Union, in particular the promotion of its values democracy and the rule of law, the completion of a true digital single market, and the respect for its development cooperation policy;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls upon the Commission and the Council to ensure that mandates for multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations, as well as the conduct of the negotiations themselves, are effectively conducive to the achievement of important objectives of the European Union, in particular the achievement of a true digital single market.

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21b. Calls on the EU to provide political backing to European companies when faced with requests to remove user generated content or provide personal information in ways that breach fundamental rights and curtail the freedom to conduct business;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Notes that eCommerce has developed outside of traditional trade-regulatory frameworks; stresses the importance of increased international cooperation in the WTO and WIPO to protect and ensure the development of the global digital market; calls for a revision and update of the current Information Technology Agreement (ITA) in the WTO and for the EU to explore the possibilities of an International Digital Economy Agreement (IDEA);

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls on the Commission not to transfer enforcement and copyright claims to economic operators in future trade agreements, and also to ensure that actions that interfere with internet freedom law may only be carried out under the rule of law with judicial authority;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Considers restricted access for EU businesses and online consumers to (digital) markets through mass censorship in third countries to constitute protectionist measures and trade barriers; calls on the Commission to present a strategy to challenge measures by third countries restricting access for EU businesses to their online markets;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

~~24. Calls on the EU to strive to ensure that regulation of the internet and ICTs is kept to the minimum;~~deleted

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the EU to strive to ensure that regulation of the internet and ICTs is kept ~~to the minimum~~at a justified and adequate level;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas ICTs, while they have been key instruments in organising social movements and protests in various countries with special regard to the Arab Spring, are also used as tools of repression through (mass) censorship, surveillance, and tracing and tracking of information and individuals;

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the EU to strive to ensure that regulation of the internet and ICTs is ~~kept to the minimum~~undertaken only when the EU deems it necessary;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers transparent and collaborative decision-making to be essential to ensure respect for the open and participatory nature of the internet; considers that any debate on regulations concerning the internet should be maximally open and involve all stakeholders, especially those specialised in fundamental rights protection as well as everyday internet users; believes the EU should play a leading role in the development of digital freedom ground- rules, including dispute settlement mechanisms, also taking account of conflicting jurisdictions;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers transparent and collaborative decision-making to be essential to ensure respect for the open and participatory nature of the internet; believes the EU should play a leading role in the development of digital freedom ground- rules and norms of behaviour in the cyber space, including dispute settlement mechanisms, also taking account of conflicting jurisdictions;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Considers that the structure of the internet is currently relatively unregulated and is governed through a multi- stakeholder approach; stresses the need for the EU to ensure that the multi-stakeholder model is inclusive and that small businesses as well as civil society actors and users are not overruled by a few large business and government players;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Considers that the cooperation between governments and private actors on ICT issues should not be based on placing direct and indirect obligations on ISP to adopt devolved law enforcement roles by policing and regulating the internet;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Is concerned at the proposals by coalitions of governments and business seeking to introduce regulatory oversight and increased governmental and private control over the internet and telecom operationsRecognizes that the internet must be kept free and open for businesses and consumers, while also acknowledging the fact that proper regulation may also be necessary to protect the very same businesses and consumers from fraud and malicious online activity;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. ~~Is concerned at~~Takes note of the proposals by coalitions of governments and business seeking to introduce regulatory oversight and increased governmental and private control over the internet and telecom operations;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Is concerned at the proposals by coalitions of governments and business seeking to introduce regulatory ~~oversight~~restrictions and increased governmental and private control over the internet and telecom operations;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Calls on the EU to address and resist the extra-territorial impact of third country laws, notably IPR laws of the United States, on EU citizens, consumers and businesses, in this context calls on the Commission to swiftly present its EU-wide Cloud Computing Strategy as highlighted in the Digital Agenda for Europe:

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Regrets the push in the EU for more powers to block websites, which should always be a measure of last resort;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas, in this regard, European, Europe-based or international companies active in EU countries have been or still are actively involved or collaborate with repressive authoritarian regimes in censorship and surveillance operations that often contribute to identifying and locating human rights defenders and pro- democracy activists, which in some cases lead to imprisonment and torture;

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)

30b. Strongly supports the principle of net neutrality, namely that internet service providers do not block, discriminate against, impair or degrade the ability of any person to use a service to access, use, send, post, receive or offer any content, application or service of their choice, irrespective of source or target;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)

30b. Strongly supports the principle of net neutrality, namely that internet service providers do not block, discriminate against, impair or degrade, including through price, the ability of any person to use a service to access, use, send, post, receive or offer any content, application or service of their choice, irrespective of source or target;

Amendment 92 #