17 Amendments of Nikolaos CHOUNTIS related to 2015/2129(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the fight against the sexual abuse of children needs a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach; insists, for that reason, that measures such as awareness raising, training and education for authorities, for parents, teachers, children and minors are just as essential in the fight against these crimes as assistance to victims, investigation of crimes and prosecution of offenders;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on Commission and Member States to promote and support public policies, agencies, strategies and tools aimed at raising children's and young people's awareness on over-sexualisation by supporting approaches and structures such as: Safer Internet Centres and helplines, and involving children and minors as well as parents in the conception of tools and messages;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Emphasizes the role of parents in the prevention of sexual exploitation of children and minors, by setting guidelines, monitoring children's and minors internet and social media use and informing their children and minors on the dangers of child pornography;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Notes that the use of new technologies and the Internet is increasing and changing very rapidly and that children as well as minors are often exposed to new technologies;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Encourages the European Commission and Member States to facilitate access to public funds for NGOs to carry out prevention and educational activities regarding the sexual exploitation of children and minors online and child pornography, and to give to this matter greater public attention;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reminds that sexual exploitation of children and minors starts before the spread of the network, therefore recalls that the online sexual exploitation of children and minors is a constantly evolving frightening phenomenon which parallels developments in technology; underlines that peer-to-peer and Darknet networks provide a high degree of anonymity and are therefore used for exchanging child sexual abuse material;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recommends the European Commission and Member States to investigate the impact of the readily accessible online child pornography on children and minors, as a part of prevention in line with Article 23 of the Directive;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Encourage the media and advertising sectors to safeguard the dignity and innocence of children and minors in their productions, through co- regulatory mechanisms, internal codes of conduct and other voluntary action;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends that blacklists of websites containing child pornography be prepared by national authorities and communicated to Internet service providers in order to remove the harmful or illegal contents; recommends also the sharing of such blacklists of websites among the Member States through enhanced cooperation with Europol and its European Cybercrime Centre, and with Interpol;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Asks to the Commission to start the consultations for the revision of the e- commerce directive (2000/31/EC) or to evaluate an alternative legislative framework in order to set a proper mechanism to monitor Information society services such as video-sharing platforms which currently do not have editorial responsibility, thus better protecting minors from child pornography and online phishing; reminds the European Commission that restrictions on online content are to be grounded in the law, well-defined, proportionate, legitimate, pursuing a clear aim; recalls therefore any mechanism set by the European Commission to monitor such services as video-sharing platforms should be limited to protect minors from pornography and online phishing;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Urges the European Commission and Member States to promote initiatives raising awareness of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children and minors, especially in connection to the European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, established by the Council of Europe;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Invites the European Commission to take into account the decisions of the Council of Europe, with special regards to the Recommendation of the Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) 2092 (2016) on Fighting the over-sexualisation of children;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to make it mandatory for Internet service providers (ISP) to report and remove child sexual abuse material detected in their infrastructure to law enforcement authorities and calls on the ISPs to preserve evidence;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges Member States to introduce in their legislation mandatory background checksExtended Police Clearance Certificate for persons applying or volunteering for activities or jobs relating to children and to systematically exchange information on individuals posing a risk to children;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that about half of the Member States have chosen to apply – besides measures aimed at the prompt removal of web pages containing child sexual abuse material in accordance with Article 25 (1) – measures which are optional under Article 25 (2) of the Directive to block access to websites containing or disseminating child pornography; notes that removal of the illegal and harmful content is a valid way on combating the sexual exploitation of children, minors and child pornography;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to acceleratework, in cooperation with the internet industry, on the notice and take-down procedures.; with the aim of providing adequate safeguards, in particular to ensure that the interference is limited to what is necessary and proportionate, and include the possibility of judicial redress;