Activities of Marcel KOLAJA related to 2021/0381(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on transparency and targeting of political advertising
Amendments (16)
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Political advertising can be disseminated or published through various means and media across borders, both online and offline. It can be disseminated or published via traditional offline media such as newspapers, television and radio, and also increasingly via online platforms, websites, mobile applications, computer games and other digital interfaces. The latter are not only particularly prone to be offered cross- border, but also raise novel and difficult regulatory and enforcement challenges. The use of online political advertising is strongly increasing, and certain linear offline forms of political advertising, such as radio and television, are also offered online as on-demand services. Political advertising campaigns tend to be organised to make use of a range of media and forms.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The publication or dissemination by other actors of a message that is liable to influence the outcome of an election or referendum, legislative or regulatory process or voting behaviour should also constitute political advertising. In order to determine whether the publication or dissemination of a message is liable to influence the outcome of an election or referendum, a legislative or regulatory process or, voting behaviour or public opinion on broad political issues, account should be taken of all relevant factors such as the content of the message, the language used to convey the message, the context in which the message is conveyed, the objective of the message and the means by which the message is published or disseminated. Messages on societal or controversial issues may, as the case may be, be liable to influence the outcome of an election or referendum, a legislative or regulatory process or voting behaviour or public opinion on broad political issues.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
Recital 42 a (new)
(42 a) Given the context of political advertisement and its impact on democratic processes, it requires further public accountability and regulatory supervision to enable individuals to make informed political decisions free from interference or manipulation. A European advertisement repository is therefore established to ensure public access to advertisements presented on online interfaces of all political advertisement publishers, which are not very large online platforms within the meaning of Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2021/xxx [the DSA], to facilitate supervision and research into emerging risks brought about by the distribution of advertising online, for example in relation to illegal advertisements or manipulative techniques and disinformation with a real and foreseeable negative impact on public security, civil discourse, political participation, equality and free and fair elections or referendums.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) to protect natural personseffectively protect fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter, in particular with regard to the processing of personal data.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
(b) which is liablekely to influence the outcome of an election or referendum, a legislative or regulatory process or voting behaviour.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) which is likely to influence public opinion on broad political issues.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
11. ‘political advertising publisher’ means a natural or legal person that broadcasts, makes available through an interface or otherwise brings to the public domaindisseminates, places, promotes, publishes or delivers political advertising through any medium;
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the identity of the sponsor or of the entity ultimately controlling the sponsor and contact details;
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) where applicable, an indication of elections or, referendums, or the legislative or regulatory process with which the advertisement is linked;
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Political advertising publishers shall make reasonablebest efforts to ensure that the information referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 is complete, and where they find this is not the case, they shall not make available the political advertisement.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Transparency notices shall be kept up to date and presented in a format which is easily accessible and, where technically possible, machine readable, clearly visible and user friendly, including through the use of plain language, accessible for people with disabilities. The information shall be published by the political advertising publisher with the political advertisement from its first publication until one year after its last publication.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Political advertising publishers, which are not very large online platforms within the meaning of Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2021/xxx [the DSA] shall ensure that they make available for each political advertisement the information as referred in Article 7(2) in the repository set out in Article 7(6b)
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. The Commission shall establish and maintain a European political advertisement repository to compile and make publicly available, through a searchable, machine-readable and reliable tool that allows multicriteria queries, and through application programming interfaces, political advertisements published or disseminated online until seven years after the advertisement was presented for the last time on an online interface of a publisher of political advertisement.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 c (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 6 c (new)
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 d (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. The Commission shall ensure that the repository does not contain any personal data of the recipients of the service to whom the advertisement was or could have been presented.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7