29 Amendments of Péter NIEDERMÜLLER related to 2017/2209(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
- having regard to its resolutions on the situation in Hungary and Poland,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of opinion are fundamental human rights and indispensable conditions for the full development of the person and their active participation in a democratic society, for the realisation of the principles of transparency and accountability and for the fulfilment of other human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas fakenews, cyberbullying or revenge porn represent growing concerns for our societies especially among young people;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the spread of false news and disinformation on social media or search websites has strongly impaired the credibility of traditional medias which consequently harms their capacity to act as watchdogs;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas journalists and other medias actors are still facing violence, threats, harassment or public shaming in the European Union mainly because of their investigative activities to protect public interest from the misuse of power, corruption, human rights violations or criminal activities;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas guaranteeing the safety and security of journalists and other media actors is a precondition to ensure fully their role and capacity to properly inform citizens and to participate effectively in public debate;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas, according to the Council of Europe Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists, more than half cases of abuses against media professionals are committed by state actors;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
D d. whereas investigative journalism should be promoted as civic engagement and as an act of virtuous citizenship supported by communication, learning, education and training;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas whistleblowing represents a key source of information in the fight against organised crime, in the investigation of cases of corruption within the public sector as well as in the detection of tax avoidance schemes set up by private companies;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
I b. whereas protection of whistleblowers cannot be achieved only through legislative measures but also through the fostering of a cultural change in European societies so as to avoid any form of stigmatisation towards investigative journalism;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission, as guardian of the treaties, to treat attempts by Member States’ governments to harm media freedom and pluralism as the serious and systemic abuse of power and move against fundamental values of the European Union enshrined in Article 2 TEU that they are, considering the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of opinion are fundamental human rights, and media freedom, pluralism and independence play an essential role in democratic society, including by acting as a check on government and state power;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on Member states to carry out an independent review of their relevant laws and practices in order to protect freedom of expression and freedom and pluralism of media;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on Member States to set up an independent body, in cooperation with journalist organisations to deal with the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists at national level;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Condemns attempts by governments to silence critical media and demolish media freedom and pluralism, including by more sophisticated ways that do not typically create an alert in the Council of Europe Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists, such as by government members and cronies buying up commercial media outlets and high- jacking public service media to serve partisan interests;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Welcomes the European Commission decision to establish a High Level Expert Group on fake news and online disinformation composed by representatives of the civil society, social media platforms, news media organisations, journalists and academia in order to analyse these emerging threats and propose operative measures to be taken both at European and national level;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Recalls Member States that the notion of fake news should never be used to criminalise critical media;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Calls on the European Commission to provide social media platforms with precise definitions of fake news and disinformation in order to reduce the margin of discretion left to the private sector actors;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13 d. Encourages social media companies to develop tools to enable users to flag potential fake news for review by certified third party fact checking organisations;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13 e. Reiterates that cyberbullying and revenge porn are a growing concern in our societies and can have extremely serious impacts especially among young people and children. Encourages all Member States to set up forward looking legislation to address this phenomenon including provisions for removal from social media of contents harmful for human dignity within well-defined deadlines;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 f (new)
Paragraph 13 f (new)
13 f. Encourages both the European Commission and Member States to invest in media literacy in order to provide citizens with tools to be aware and critical about contents they read and consequently identify fake news and disinformation;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 h (new)
Paragraph 13 h (new)
13 h. Reiterates the right of each individual to decide on the fate of his or her personal data, in particular the exclusive right to control the use, disclosure of personal information and the right to be forgotten defined as the possibility to obtain a prompt removal of contents that might be prejudicial for his or her own dignity from social media and search websites;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Encourages Member States to develop policies to ensure that reporting mechanisms are accessible, safe and secure, and that the claims of whistleblowers and investigative journalists are professionally investigated;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Emphasises the key role of whistleblowers in safeguarding the public interest and in promoting a culture of public accountability and integrity in both public and private institutions;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14 c. Encourages Member States and the European Commission to set up a comprehensive legislative framework to protect whistleblowers as well as to build a narrative, which underlines the fundamental role that whistleblowers play in our societies;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14 d. Encourages both the European Commission and Member States to adopt measures to protect the confidentiality of the information sources in order to prevent any discriminatory actions or threats;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to adopt and implement legislative frameworksmedia ownership regulation in order to avoid horizontal concentration of ownership in the media sector, indirect and cross-media ownership to guarantee transparency of media ownership and management, as well as to apply appropriate restrictions on media ownership by persons holding public office and to ensure independent oversight and effective compliance mechanisms in order to prevent conflicts of interest and ensure editorial and journalistic independence and safeguard the media’s role as public watchdog;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Encourages Member States to establish a regulatory body for monitoring, documenting, and reporting on violence and threats against journalists as well as on media concentration and pluralism;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Calls on the Commission to monitor and collect information and statistics about media freedom and pluralism within all Member States and to closely analyse cases of infringement of the fundamental rights of journalists while respecting the principle of subsidiarity;