20 Amendments of Ilhan KYUCHYUK related to 2018/2115(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
State of play 2018 – Tackling informationhybrid warfare
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph c
Paragraph c
c) to support the growing number of state institutions, think tanks, NGOs and other actors 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 area;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph c a (new)
Paragraph c a (new)
ca) to ensure that the EU institutions and Member States work hand in hand on existing and future initiatives to step up efforts to secure free and fair democratic processes and to address disinformation campaigns, which attempt to create divisions in open societies and interfere in the elections and decision-making process of EU, Member States and EU's neighbours;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph f
Paragraph f
f) to focus and adapt EU and Member States' response on the continuously growing sophistication of the tools used to spread fake news, including the new ways of spreading propaganda by using multiple low-level websites, deep fakes and video content manipulations, automated bots, encrypted messaging services, on-line portals and TV stations to disseminate the main narratives; is concerned about Russia’s and other third parties' activities in this context;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph h a (new)
Paragraph h a (new)
ha) to make sure the industry and on- line platforms deliver on the commitments undertaken in the Code of Practice on Disinformation and effectively tackle the disinformation problem by: (i) ensuring transparency of political advertising based on effective due diligence checks of the identity of sponsors, (ii) taking decisive action against fake accounts active on their services, (iii) identifying the misuse of automated bots, and (iv) cooperating effectively with independent fact- checkers;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph l
Paragraph l
l) to pay special attention to the importance of not only debunking and exposing, but also ensuring the clear attribution of such attacks, including publicly naming the perpetrators, their sponsors and the goals they seek to achieve, as well as measuring the effects of these attacks on the targeted audience;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph m a (new)
Paragraph m a (new)
ma) to raise awareness about negative impact of disinformation through dedicated communication campaigns as well as seminars and trainings for media, influencers and public opinion shapers in the EU and its neighbourhood;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph m b (new)
Paragraph m b (new)
mb) to support cross-border cooperation on media literacy programmes and promote tools for the media literacy, such as EU on-line media literacy library and learning centre;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph n a (new)
Paragraph n a (new)
na) to welcome the establishment of the new EEAS Strategic Communication Task Forces consisting of experts with appropriate linguistic and knowledge skills, namely the Task Force for Western Balkans and the Task Force South for the countries in the Middle East, Northern Africa and Gulf region, which are tasked to ensure coordinated and consistent EU communications in the regions and counteract disinformation and propaganda against the EU;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph n b (new)
Paragraph n b (new)
nb) to support the joint efforts of the Commission and the EEAS to improve capabilities to detect, analyse and expose disinformation by equipping the EEAS Strategic Communication Task Forces and EU Delegations in the neighbourhood with new staff, tools and skills, including new data analysis tools, hiring of additional data scientists and disinformation experts, as well as covering a wider range of sources and languages on the reach and impact of disinformation;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph o
Paragraph o
o) to turnsupport all three EastEAS StratCom Task Force into a fully-fledged unit, and to provideegic Communication Task Forces by providing them with adequate financial and personnel resources which willaimed at significantly increase itsof their potential, effectiveness, professionalism, institutional continuity and quality of work;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph p
Paragraph p
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph q
Paragraph q
q) to invite Member States which have not done so already to assign their own seconded National Experts to the Eastthree StratCom Task Forces;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph r
Paragraph r
r) to engage the EU Representations inside the EU, and the EU Delegations outside the EU, in supporting the work of the East StratCom Task Force, Task Force South and Task Force for Western Balkans, including by providing translations of their publications in local languages;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph s
Paragraph s
s) to focus on the accession countries and partners in the EU neighbourhood, which are often on the front line in terms of exposure to Russian propaganda; to assist them in their efforts to counteract hostile propaganda and disinformation activities, inter alia by supporting strategic communication units within their respective institutions; to urge these EU partner countries, when necessary, to take more dedicated, proactive, effective and transparent measures in this regard;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph s a (new)
Paragraph s a (new)
sa) to strengthen capabilities of the EU Delegations abroad, the Commission Representations and the European Parliament Liaison Offices in Member States to develop local capacity to detect and expose disinformation and to communicate effectively the EU's values and policies;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph s a (new)
Paragraph s a (new)
sa) to consider the current proliferation and future threats of disinformation aiming to threaten the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of all EaP countries within their internationally recognized borders;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph s b (new)
Paragraph s b (new)
sb) to extend campaign-based communication and better coordinate and amplify positive narratives across the EU institutions and Member States, including by consolidating respective budgets and building a shared on-line repository of success stories;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph u
Paragraph u
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph v
Paragraph v
v) to link existing national and local specialised centres, think tanks, NGOs and other actors and institutions, in particular NATO, 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;