15 Amendments of Michał BONI related to 2017/2209(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines the crucial role of public media to provide the citizens with objective and independent media coverage, having in mind the duty to present a variety of political positions, as public media are publicly financed; stresses that public media might often be endangered with the influence of governing majority that can deprive public opinion from the access to full range of information;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the Member States to adopt or improve the existing legal provisions to guarantee transparency of formal and beneficial media ownership as well as of management, including online media, to allow for identification of possible source of control and influence, to strengthen the accountability and to ensure editorial and journalistic independence and safeguard the media’s role as public watchdog;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
- having regard to the High Level Expert Group on fake news and online disinformation appointed by the European Commission to advise on scoping the phenomenon of fake news as well as defining the roles and responsibilities of relevant stakeholders,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas media freedom, pluralism and independence are crucial components of the right to freedom of expression; whereas the media play an essential role in democratic society, by acting as public watchdogs, while contributing to citizens’ empowerment and their, through widening their understanding of current political and social landscape, and leading to their conscious participation in democratic life; whereas the scope of such a role should be enlarged to encompass online and citizen journalism, as well as the work of bloggers, social media activists and human rights defenders, in order to reflect today’s profoundly changed media reality;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned about the legislative and administrative measures used in certain Member States to restrain and control the media, directly or indirectly, especially in the public media sector; stresses that the fundamental principle of editorial independence from the government and from political or commercial interests should be protected; underlines that the coverage of election campaigning should be fair, balanced, impartial and systematically monitored;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas public authorities have the duty to protect the independence and the impartiality of public media in particular as actors serving democratic societies as opposed to fulfilling the interest of governments in power;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas the spread of populist and nationalist sentiments in certain Member States demonstrates the need for the European Union to defend the freedom of expression and the independence of media;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls on the Member states for more social media education programmes and further actions so that the public could better distinguished between reliable information and fake news
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas citizens are confronted with a radical evolution of the media system, the emergence of new online media and new powerful actors, such as search engines and social media platforms; whereas this development represents both a challenge and opportunity for the promotion of freedom of expression by involving citizens in the public debate, and for converting a growing number of information users into information producers; whereas, however, the rise of social media as sources of news coupled with lack of awareness among its users contributes to the spread of not credible news; whereas however, the concentration of power of media conglomerates, platform operators and internet intermediaries risks negative consequences for the pluralism of public debate and access to information;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines the responsibility of online actors in avoiding the spread of unverified or untrue information with the sole purpose of increasing the online traffic through the use of e.g. so-called clickbait;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to take adequate measures to safeguard and promote a pluralist, independent and free media landscape in the service of democratic society, including the independence and sustainability of public service media and community media, which are crucial elements of a favourable environment for freedom of expression, ensuring access to non-partisan information;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EU institutions to guarantee full implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in all their decisions, actions and policies, as a means to thoroughly uphold media pluralism and media freedom from undue influence from national public authorities; asks the Commission, in this regard, to introduce human rights impact assessments for the evaluation of its legislative proposals and to present a proposal for the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in line with the relevant Parliament resolution;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Underlines the responsibility of online actors in avoiding the spread of unverified or untrue information with sole purpose of increasing the online traffic through the use of e.g. so-called clickbait;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Stresses the need for better digital literacy and raising the awareness of online users as to empower them with the ability to recognise dubious sources of information as well as their own responsibility in sharing untrustworthy content;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to adopt and implement legislative frameworks in order to avoid horizontal concentration of ownership in the media sector, to guarantee transparency of media ownership and management, and to ensure independent oversight and effective compliance mechanisms in order to prevent conflicts of interest andto guarantee transparency of media ownership and management, and to ensure editorial and journalistic independence and safeguard the media’s role as public watchdog;