3 Amendments of Andrea BOCSKOR related to 2020/2009(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
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3. Stresses that media pluralism is under serious threat both online and offline, on the one hand due to the excessive concentration of media ownership, which has resulted in dominant actors in the media sector using information to pursue political and social objectives and in the lowering of the quality, diversity and reliability of the information available, and on the other hand because of the uncritical passing of false allegations and political opinions presented as facts between media which in terms of the media ownership background are not necessarily interconnected;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
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4. Underlines its view that non- discriminatory, comprehensive and balanced media coverage is essential to a free and well-informed society in Europe; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote an inclusive media sphere in which more women, migrants and refugees, as well as members of LGBTI+ communities and people with disabilities,all types of minorities and disadvantaged groups occupy creative and decision- making positions, which would in turn contribute to the reduction of stereotypes in media;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
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5. Considers that in the fight against disinformation, the core principles of access to information and above all freedom of expression, including artistic freedom, should always prevail, while ensuring that those principles cannot be used as an excuse to justify or legitimate malicious dissemination of fake news or the circumvention of rules or restrictions which constitute necessary, appropriate and proportionate measures within a democratic society to safeguard national security, defence, public security and public health;