Activities of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2020/0361(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Digital Services Act (continuation of debate)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to achieve the objective of ensuring a safe, predictable and trusted online environment, for the purpose of this Regulation the concept of “illegal content” should be defined broadly, considering that what is illegal offline should also be illegal online and also covers information relating to illegal content, products, services and activities. In particular, that concept should be understood to refer to information, irrespective of its form, that under the applicable law is either itself illegal, such as illegal hate speech or terrorist content and unlawful discriminatory content, or that relates to activities that are illegal, such as the sharing of images depicting child sexual abuse, unlawful non- consensual sharing of private images, online stalking and gendered hate speech, the sale of non- compliant or counterfeit products, the non- authorised use of copyright protected material or activities involving infringements of consumer protection law. In this regard, it is immaterial whether the illegality of the information or activity results from Union law or from national law that is consistent with Union law and what the precise nature or subject matter is of the law in question. The social media platforms and other online operating actors need to be legally obliged to act against and remove all hate speech targeting women and girls.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) As there is no common definition accepted for the recognition of cyber violence and hate speech online against women, there is an urgent need to define and adopt a common definition to the various forms of violence and hate speech targeting women and sexual minorities online that would serve as a basis for legislation.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to achieve the objective of ensuring a safe, predictable and trusted online environment, for the purpose of this Regulation the concept of “illegal content” should be defined broadly, considering what is illegal offline should also be illegal online and also covers information relating to illegal content, products, services and activities. In particular, that concept should be understood to refer to information, irrespective of its form, that under the applicable law is either itself illegal, such as illegal hate speech or terrorist content and unlawful discriminatory content, or that relates to activities that are illegal, such as the sharing of images depicting child sexual abuse, unlawful non- consensual sharing of private images, online stalking and gendered hate speech, the sale of non- compliant or counterfeit products, the non- authorised use of copyright protected material or activities involving infringements of consumer protection law. In this regard, it is immaterial whether the illegality of the information or activity results from Union law or from national law that is consistent with Union law and what the precise nature or subject matter is of the law in question. The social media platforms and other online operating actors need to be legally obliged to act against and remove all hate speech targeting women and girls.
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) As there is no common definition accepted for the recognition of cyber violence and hate speech online against women, underlines the urgent need to define and adopt a common definition to the various forms of violence and hate speech targeting women and sexual minorities online that would serve as a basis for legislation.