2012/2068(INI)

Protecting children in the digital world

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2012/2068(INI) Protecting children in the digital world

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Lead	CULT	COSTA Silvia (S&D)	ZANICCHI Iva (EPP), SCHAAKE Marietje (ALDE), BENARAB-ATTOU Malika (Verts/ALE), VERGIAT Marie-Christine (GUE/NGL)
Opinion	IMCO
Opinion	ITRE
Opinion	LIBE	HEDH Anna (S&D)

Lead committee dossier: CULT/7/09239
Legal Basis RoP 048

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2012/11/20 Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
- T7-0428/2012
2012/11/19 Debate in Parliament
2012/11/19 Prev DG PRES
- DG {u'url': u'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/connect/index_en.htm', u'title': u'Communications Networks, Content and Technology'}, KROES Neelie
2012/10/24 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
- A7-0353/2012 summary
  
  The Committee on Culture and Education adopted the own-initiative report by Silvia COSTA (S&D, IT) on protecting children in the digital world. Members note the fact that almost 15 % of internet users who are minors aged between 10 and 17 receive some form of sexual solicitation, and 34 % of them encounter sexual material that they have not searched for. They consider, in this context, the measures taken by Member States to prevent illegal online content are not always effective and inevitably involve differing approaches to the prevention of content that is harmful to children. According to Members, the protection of minors in the digital world must be addressed at regulatory level by deploying more effective measures, including through self-regulation by engaging the industry to assume its shared responsibility, and at educational and training level by training children, parents and teachers in order to prevent minors from accessing illegal content. This is why they propose a strategy that seeks to strike the right balance between free access to the internet and combating illegal content. A framework of rights and governance: Members point out that a new stage of protecting the rights of the child in the EU framework started with the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, together with the now legally binding Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, whose Article 24 defines the protection of children as a fundamental right. They reiterate the need for the EU to fully respect the standards of the relevant international instruments and urge the Member States to transpose and implement, in a smooth and timely manner, all legal instruments in the area of the protection of minors in the digital world. Members welcome the Commissions European strategy for a better internet for children and call on the Commission to enhance existing internal mechanisms to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach to child safety online, underlining that only a comprehensive combination of legal, technical and educational measures, including prevention, can adequately address the dangers that children face online, and enhance the protection of children in the online environment. In this context, several measures are recommended: the continuation of the Safer Internet Programme, with adequate funding to carry out its activities; research and education programmes aimed at reducing the risk of children becoming victims of the internet; close collaboration with civil society associations and organisations working inter alia for the protection of minors, data protection and education. Media and new media: access and education: pointing out that the internet provides children and young people with immensely valuable tools, which can be used to express or assert their views, access information and learning and claim their rights, as well as being an excellent tool of communication, Members also highlight the inherent risks for the most vulnerable users: child pornography, the exchange of material on violence, cybercrime, intimidation, bullying, grooming, children being able to access or acquire legally restricted or age-inappropriate goods and services, exposure to age-inappropriate, aggressive or misleading advertising, scams, etc. They, therefore, support Member States efforts to promote systematic education and training for children (from an early age), parents, educators, schoolteachers and social workers, aimed at enabling them to understand the digital world and identify the associated dangers. To this end, they encourage ongoing digital training for educators who work with students in schools on a permanent basis. Members also highlight the role of parents and of the family and urge the Commission to support awareness-raising initiatives aimed at parents and educators in order to ensure that they can best support minors in the use of digital tools and services. They highlight, in particular, the role of the private sector and industry as regards their responsibility in relation to these issues as well as child-safe labelling for web pages, and promotion of netiquette for children. In this context, they urge the Commission to include in its main priorities the protection of children from aggressive or misleading TV and online advertising. Right to protection: Members outline their vision of protecting children from the dangers of the internet. The report focuses on the following measures: 1) Combating illegal content: in this regard, Members call for: the collection, in the framework of its reporting obligation on the transposition of Directive 2011/92/EU, of exact and clear data on the crime of online grooming ; further improvement could be achieved in connection with further harmonisation of the criminal law and criminal procedures of the Member States, including eventual proposals for material EU criminal legislation that fully respect the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; the strengthened cooperation with third countries as regards the prompt deletion of web pages containing or disseminating illegal content; the introduction and strengthening of hotline systems for reporting crimes and illegal content and conduct, respecting the rights of suspects and the improved information for children and families regarding national hotlines and other contact points such as safety buttons; strengthened international cooperation between law enforcement agencies and the development of synergies with other related services, including police and juvenile justice systems; the dissemination of reliable instruments, such as warning pages or acoustic and optical signals to limit direct access of minors to content that is harmful to them; a stronger commitment from digital content and service suppliers to implement codes of conduct compliant with the regulations that are in force, to identify, prevent and remove illegal content based on the decisions of the legal authorities; the proper implementation by Member States of the existing procedural rules for deleting websites hosting exploitative, threatening, abusive, discriminatory or otherwise malicious content. Members also regret the failure to comply with the pact signed on 9 February 2009 between the Commission and 17 social networking sites, including Facebook and Myspace, which promoted the protection and security of minors online. 2) Combating harmful content: Members consider it urgent for the Commission to examine the effectiveness of the various systems for voluntary classification of content unsuitable for minors in the Member States and call on it, as well as the Member States and the internet industry, to reinforce cooperation in the development of strategies and standards to train minors in the responsible use of the internet. The following measures are recommended: the integration of the protection of minors into the respective by-laws associations of audiovisual and digital service suppliers the harmonisation by the Member States of the classification of digital content for minors (e.g. games by age-group), in cooperation with the relevant operators and associations, and with third countries; the establishment of the European Framework for Safer Mobile Use by exploiting the options that facilitate parental control. 3) Protection of privacy: Although Members welcome the new proposal for a Regulation on personal data protection and its special provisions on childrens consent and the right to be forgotten, which bans the preservation online of information on the personal data of minors, which may pose a risk to their personal and professional life, they call for further clarification. They consider that owners and administrators of web pages should indicate in a clear and visible way their data protection policy and should provide for a system of mandatory parental consent for the processing of data of children under the age of 13. Members favour ensuring that users have more information on how their personal data (and that of associated parties) are handled and consider that this information should be made available in a language and form adapted to the user profiles. They call for the promotion in every digital sector of technological options which, if selected, can limit the websurfing of minors within traceable limits and with conditional access, thereby providing an effective tool for parental control. 4) Right of reply in digital media: Members call for the development and harmonisation of systems relating to the right of reply in digital media. Right to digital citizenship: given the impact of digital technology as an important learning tool for citizenship, Members call on the Member States to consider digital platforms as training tools for democratic participation for every child. Measures would have to be taken to take into account the most vulnerable. They recall that information and citizenship are closely linked on the internet and that what threatens the civic engagement of young people today is the lack of interest they show in information. Lastly, it should be noted that in accordance with Rule 52(3) of Parliaments Rules of Procedure, a minority opinion was tabled in the context of this report by several members of the ALDE group. The Members in question reject the reports focus on government campaigns and the extension of enforcement to ISPs and other self-regulating mechanisms which, in their view, diminishes the role of parents in their childrens education. They consider that the measures included in the report furthermore demonstrate an unwarranted bias towards the perceived dangers of the Internet, limiting the opportunities for education and innovation. The minority opinion recommends rather that youths resilience and independence should be strengthened and that efforts should be directed at educating children and youth and developing their e-skills.
2012/10/09 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
- CULT CULT/7/09239 COSTA Silvia S&D
- IMCO
- ITRE
- LIBE HEDH Anna S&D
2012/05/10 Amendments tabled in committee
- PE489.363
2012/04/20 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- CULT CULT/7/09239 COSTA Silvia S&D
- IMCO
- ITRE
- LIBE HEDH Anna S&D
2012/04/12 EP officialisation
2012/04/02 Committee draft report
- PE486.198
2011/09/13 Date
2011/09/13 Non-legislative basic document
- COM(2011)0556 summary
  
  PURPOSE: to analyse the implementation and effectiveness of the measures in Council Recommendations 98/560/EC and 2006/952/EC on Protection of Minors. CONTENT: the objective of the 1998 and the 2006 Recommendations on Protection of Minors was to make Member States and industry conscious of the new challenges for the protection of minors in electronic media, particularly those linked to the uptake and growing importance of online services. This report analyses the implementation and effectiveness of the measures specified in the 1998 and 2006 Recommendations in Member States. It also ask the question whether current policies are still suitable and adequate to ensure a high level of protection for minors throughout Europe. The report discusses Member States reports and states that as a positive general result, the survey of Member States on the various dimensions of the 1998 and 2006 Recommendations shows that all Member States are conscious of the challenges for the protection of minors online and are increasingly making efforts to respond to them. A policy mix, with a significant component of self-regulatory measures, seems best suited to address in as flexible and responsive a way as possible the convergence between platforms (TV, PC, smartphones, consoles, etc.) and audiovisual content. However, the detailed assessment of the policy responses that Member States have developed presents a landscape made of very diverse and in a number of cases, even diverging - actions across Europe. This is in particular true in certain areas: Tackling illegal and harmful content: while there is convergence in the Member States that promoting self-regulatory measures (codes of conduct) is useful, there is persistent concern that the protection levels achieved in this field still differ significantly. Going forward, existing measures against illegal or harmful contents should be constantly monitored in order to ensure their effectiveness. For instance, reporting points for this type of content, provided by the content provider and to be used by children and parents are being developed and supported by functioning back office infrastructures, but all these initiatives lack common features and economies of scale that would increase their efficiency. Making social networks safer places: whilst social networking sites offer huge opportunities for minors, they also bear a considerable risk potential, which can be summarised by the categories "illegal content", "age-inappropriate content", "inappropriate contact" and "inappropriate conduct". One promising way to counter these risks is guidelines, addressing providers of social networking sites and/or users. Only 10 Member States referred to such guidelines, and even fewer reported that there are evaluation systems in place to assess their effectiveness. Therefore, "soft law" rules currently suffer from rather patchy implementation. Given the massive expansion of social networking sites, operators' control systems fall short of covering all the potential risks in an efficient and consistent manner. Active stakeholder engagement is encouraged, in particular through further awareness- raising as regards the risks and ways to mitigate them, wider use of guidelines, with implementation monitoring. In addition, reporting points with a well functioning back office infrastructure are increasingly being deployed on social networks in order to assist children in dealing with grooming, cyber-bullying and similar issues, but the solutions are being developed on a case-by case basis. Moreover, the use of "privacy by default" settings for children joining in social networking sites is not widespread. Streamlining content rating schemes: 16 Member States and Norway responded that they have diverging age ratings and classifications for different types of media. Ten Member States and Norway consider this to be a problem. Eight Member States and Norway point out that there are measures or initiatives being considered to introduce greater consistency in this field. Altogether 15 Member States and Norway consider cross-media and/or pan-European classification systems for media content helpful and feasible. This is contradicted by nine Member States which point to the cultural differences. This is an area of most extreme fragmentation the conceptions of what is necessary and useful diverge significantly between and within Member States. While most Member States see scope for improving their age rating and classification systems, there is clearly no consensus on the helpfulness and feasibility of cross-media and/or pan-European classification systems for media content. Still, in view of the increasingly borderless nature e of online content, ways to better align such systems should be explored further. Internet-enabled devices with parental control tools are increasingly available but the articulation with the use of appropriate content relies upon case-by case solutions that vary greatly between and within Member States. Against this background, it seems worth reflecting upon innovative rating and content classifications systems that could be used more widely across the ICT sector (manufacturers, host and content providers, etc.), while leaving the necessary flexibility for local interpretations of appropriateness and reflecting the established approaches to the liability of the various Internet actors. Danger of market fragmentation: the report goes on to point out that quite often, the regulatory or self-regulatory measures also lack ambition and consistency with similar measures put in place in other Member States, or they are simply not effectively implemented in practice. A patchwork of measures across Europe can only lead to internal market fragmentation and to confusion for parents and teachers who try to identify the do's and don't to protect and empower children who go online. This report and the detailed responses gathered in the survey of Member States demonstrate that further action at European level may build on the best practices of the Member States and reach economies of scale for the ICT sector that will help children to safely reap the benefits of the constantly evolving digital world.
- DG {u'url': u'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/connect/index_en.htm', u'title': u'Communications Networks, Content and Technology'}, KROES Neelie

Documents

Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2011)0556
Committee draft report: PE486.198
Amendments tabled in committee: PE489.363
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0353/2012
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0428/2012

Amendments	Dossier
182	2012/2068(INI) Protecting children in the digital world 2012/10/05 CULT 182 amendments... Amendment 1 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Citation 2 bis (new) - having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights and Convention 108 of the Council of Europe, Amendment 2 # Santiago FISAS AYXELA Motion for a resolution Citation 11 bis (new) - having regard to the Commission Communication of 28 March 2012 on ‘Tackling Crime in our Digital Age: Establishing a European Cybercrime Centre’ (COM (2012) 140 final), Amendment 3 # Tiziano MOTTI Motion for a resolution Citation 12 bis (new) - having regard to European Parliament Written Declaration No 29/2010, approved by an absolute majority on 23 June 2010, on the setting up of a ‘European early warning system (EWS) for paedophiles and sex offenders’, Amendment 4 # Silvia COSTA Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) - having regard to the communication of the Commission of 2 may 2012 "European Strategy for a better internet for children" (COM (2012) 196), Amendment 5 # Seán KELLY Motion for a resolution Citation 16 a (new) - having regard to the European Parliament Report on a Comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union 2011/2025(INI), Amendment 6 # Petra KAMMEREVERT Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the protection of minors in the digital world must be addressed at both regulatory level, by deploying more effective ~~instruments of prevention and repression~~measures, and on the educational level; Amendment 7 # Malika BENARAB-ATTOU Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the protection of minors in the digital world must be addressed at ~~both regulatory level, by deploying more effective instruments of preven~~the educational level, with the aid of information and repre~~ssion, and on the educational level~~vention policies; Amendment 8 # Helga TRÜPEL Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the protection of minors in the digital world must be addressed at both regulatory level, by deploying more effective instruments of prevention and ~~repress~~prosecution, and on the educational level; Amendment 9 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the protection of minors in the digital world must be addressed in a spirit of respect for the fundamental liberties and rights at both regulatory level, by deploying more effective instruments of prevention and ~~repression, and on the educational level~~intervention, whilst respecting the guarantees of the legal procedures, and on the educational level; whereas no person should be deprived of access to a means of communication and, more specifically, access to the Internet should be guaranteed as a right to freedom of speech and information, and that as a result, the principle behind all measures should be the suppression of illegal or inappropriate content and not the blocking of websites; Amendment 10 # Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the protection of minors in the digital world must be addressed at ~~both~~ regulatory level, by deploying more effective instruments of prevention and repression, through self-regulation by engaging the industry to take their shared responsibility, and on the educational level; Amendment 11 # Mitro REPO Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the protection of minors in the digital world must be addressed not only using measures to encourage self- regulation but also at both regulatory level, by deploying more effective instruments of prevention and repression, and on the educational level; whereas education and guidance play an extremely important role in this regard; Amendment 12 # Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the protection of minors in the digital world must be addressed at both regulatory level, by deploying more effective instruments of prevention and repression, and on the educational level by training children, parents and teachers in order to prevent minors from accessing illegal content; Amendment 13 # Sabine VERHEYEN Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the protection of minors in the digital world must be addressed at both regulatory level, by deploying more effective instruments of prevention and repression~~, and~~ on the educational and training level; Amendment 14 # Emma McCLARKIN Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas there is a need to address all forms of illegal online content, the specificity of child sexual abuse must be recognised as not only is this content illegal but it is also one of the most abhorrent forms of content available online; Amendment 15 # Katarína NEVEĎALOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas one of the main objectives of an effective children protection strategy should be to ensure that all children, young people and parents/carers are provided with the information and skills to be able to safeguard themselves online; Amendment 16 # Katarína NEVEĎALOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital B ~~B. whereas the rapid development of technologies makes prompt answers necessary through permanent bodies that can act in various environments;~~Deleted Amendment 17 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the rapid development of technologies ~~mak~~, with the multiplication of tools, services, pro~~mpt answers necessary through permanent bodies that can act in various environments~~grammes and products intended for the public, including those aimed at children makes it necessary to develop coherent strategies for the protection of minors through appropriate measures decided upon in line with national and European legislation and implemented by the responsible public authorities, whereas many other matters are connected with the protection of minors in the digital world, such as the neutrality of the Internet, the handling of personal data, respect for privacy, the right to be forgotten and freedom of expression; Amendment 18 # Sabine VERHEYEN Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the rapid development of technologies makes prompt answers necessary ~~through permanent bodies that can act~~from the responsible authorities and bodies that need to cooperate on various levels and in various environments; Amendment 19 # Silvia COSTA Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the rapid development of technologies makes prompt answers necessary through ~~permanent bodies that can act in various~~self and co-regulation, as well as through permanent bodies that can adopt a holistic approach in different environments; Amendment 20 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the education sector is adjusting to the digital world, but at a pace and in a way that is failing to keep pace with the technological changes in the lives of minors, while parents and educators are having problems in helping them as they remain on the margins of their virtual liveshould integrate the consequences of the development of the digital world into educational programmes at a pace and in a way that allows children to take ownership of technological changes, together with parents and educators; Amendment 21 # Sabine VERHEYEN Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the education sector is adjusting to the digital world, but at a pace and in a way that is failing to keep up~~ace~~ with the speed of technological changes in the lives of minors, whi~~le parents and educators are having problems in helping them as they~~ch is creating problems for parents and educators as they try to train children to use media critically, but tend to remain on the margins of their virtual lives; Amendment 22 # Mitro REPO Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the digital world provides numerous opportunities related to education and learning; whereas the education sector is adjusting to the digital world, but at a pace and in a way that is failing to keep pace with the technological changes in the lives of minors, while parents and educators are having problems in helping them as they remain on the margins of their virtual lives; Amendment 23 # Emma McCLARKIN Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C a. Whereas it is not only important that minors better understand the potential dangers they face online, but that families, schools and civil society must all share responsibility in educating minors and ensuring that children are properly protected when using the internet and other new media; Amendment 24 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Recital C bis (new) Ca. whereas education in the media and in the new information and communication technologies is important in developing policies for the protection of minors in the digital world and its role in ensuring the safe, appropriate and critical use of these technologies; Amendment 25 # Jean-Marie CAVADA Motion for a resolution Recital C bis (new) Ca. Considering that minors generally demonstrate great ease in using the Internet but that it is necessary to help them to use it wisely, responsibly and safely; Amendment 26 # Katarína NEVEĎALOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C a. whereas the development of digital technologies represents a great opportunity to provide children and young people with opportunities to use new media and internet effectively in ways that empower them to share their voice with others and therefore empower them to participate and experiment an active role in society, online and offline; Amendment 27 # Malika BENARAB-ATTOU Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas ~~exercise of European citizenship and the complete expression of rights require access also for m~~the information and prevention policies can guarantee the proper development of the Internet as an important infor~~s to the use of safe digital instruments and content~~mation, training and sharing tool; Amendment 28 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas exercise of ~~European~~ citizenship and ~~the complete expression of rights~~enjoyment of the ensuing rights, including participation in cultural, social and democratic life, require access also for minors to the use of ~~safe digital instrument~~pluralistic and safe digital tools, services and content; Amendment 29 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Recital D bis (new) Da. whereas, in addition to the fight against illegal and inappropriate content, prevention and intervention measures for the protection of minors must also cover a number of other threats such as harassment, discrimination, restriction of access to services, online surveillance, attacks on privacy and freedom of expression and information, lack of clarity regarding the aims of collecting personal data, etc.; Amendment 30 # Malika BENARAB-ATTOU Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the level of diffusion of media that converge in a single digital system implies risks in terms of easy access to content that is illegal, unsuitable, and harmful for the development of minors;Deleted Amendment 31 # Petra KAMMEREVERT Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the ~~level of diffus~~new information and communication options of ~~media that converge in a single digital system implies risks in terms of~~fered by the digital world offer a host of opportunties and possibilities for children and adolescents, these may be associated with risks due to easyier access to content that is ~~illegal,~~ unsuitable~~, and harmful for the development of minors~~ for minors, or even illegal; Amendment 32 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the ~~level of diffusion of media that converge~~progressive convergence of different media in a single digital system or platform implies risks in terms of easy access to content that is illegal, unsuitable, and harmful ~~for~~to the development of minors, but also the possibility that data may be collected that is intended to target children as consumers, with harmful, unmeasured effects; Amendment 33 # Jean-Marie CAVADA Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the ~~level~~vectors of diffusion of media ~~that~~ converge in a single digital system and this implies risks in terms of easy access to content that is illegal, unsuitable, and harmful for the development of minors; Amendment 34 # Silvia COSTA Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the level of diffusion of media such as computers, TV on different platforms, mobile phones, videogames, tablets, apps, that converge in a single digital system implies risks in terms of easy access to content that is illegal, unsuitable, and harmful for the development of minors; Amendment 35 # Helga TRÜPEL Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the level of diffusion of media that converge in a single digital system implies not only opportunities, but also risks in terms of easy access to content that is illegal, unsuitable, and harmful for the development of minors; Amendment 36 # Emma McCLARKIN Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the level of diffusion of media that converge in a single digital system implies risks in terms of easy access to content that is illegal, unsuitable, and harmful for the development of minors; and whereas these types of content are inherently different and therefore require different solutions; Amendment 37 # Nadja HIRSCH Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas, in the free circulation of the audiovisual services of the single market, where digital service providers have differing responsibilities, the protection of minors and human dignity is pre-eminent; whereas, however, WebTV and hybrid TV are outside the scope of any controls;Deleted Amendment 38 # Petra KAMMEREVERT Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas, in the free circulation of the audiovisual services of the single market, ~~where digital service providers have differing responsibilities, the protection of minors and human dignity is pre-eminent; whereas, however, WebTV and hybrid TV are outside the scope of any controls~~the wellbeing of minors and human dignity are interests worthy of particular legal protection; Amendment 39 # Silvia COSTA Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas, igiven the free circulation of ~~the~~ audiovisual media services ofin the single market, where ~~digital service provider~~providers of linear and non-linear audiovisual media services have differing responsibilities, the protection of minors and human dignity is pre-eminent; whereas~~, however, WebTV and hybrid TV are outsi~~ services provided through connected TV come under the scope of ~~any controls~~the AVMS Directive; Amendment 40 # Jean-Marie CAVADA Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas, in the free circulation of the audiovisual services of the single market, where digital service providers have differing responsibilities, the protection of minors and human dignity ~~is pre-eminent; whereas, however,~~must remain an absolute priority, including for WebTV and hybrid TV, which are outside the scope of any controls; Amendment 41 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas, in the free circulation of the audiovisual services of the single market, where digital service providers have differing responsibilities, the protection of minors and human dignity ismust be pre- eminent; whereas, however, WebTV and hybrid TV are not the subject of legislation surrounding their activities and are therefore outside the scope of any controls; Amendment 42 # Malika BENARAB-ATTOU Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas, in the free circulation of the audiovisual services of the single market, where digital service providers have differing responsibilities, the protection of minors and human dignity is pre-eminent; ~~whereas, however, WebTV and hybrid TV are outside the scope of any controls;~~ Amendment 43 # Katarína NEVEĎALOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas, in the free circulation of the audiovisual services ~~of the~~within single market, where digital service providers have differing responsibilities, the protection of minors and human dignity is pre-eminent; whereas, however, WebTV and hybrid TV are outside the scope of any controls; Amendment 44 # Malika BENARAB-ATTOU Motion for a resolution Recital G ~~G. whereas the measures to prevent illegal online content lead to differing approaches to the prevention of unsuitable conduct;~~Deleted Amendment 45 # Petra KAMMEREVERT Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas ~~the measures to prevent illegal online content lead to differing approaches to the prevention of unsuitable conduct~~illegal online content should be deleted immediately on the basis of due legal process; Amendment 46 # Sabine VERHEYEN Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the measures to prevent illegal online content ~~lead to~~must necessarily involve differing approaches to the prevention of this unsuitable conduct; Amendment 47 # Katarína NEVEĎALOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the measures to prevent illegal online content ~~lead to differing approaches to the prevention of unsuitable conduct~~are not always effective; Amendment 48 # Silvia COSTA Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the measures to prevent illegal online content lead to differing approaches to the prevention of ~~unsuitable~~harmful con~~duc~~tent; Amendment 49 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the measures taken by Member States to prevent illegal online content lead to differing approaches to the prevention of unsuitable conduct; Amendment 50 # Malika BENARAB-ATTOU Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the fact that personal information and data with regard to minors remain online ~~can imply the illegal processing thereof,~~may prove dangerous as well as harmful to their personal dignity~~, thus compromising their identity and social inclusion~~; Amendment 51 # Jean-Marie CAVADA Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the fact that personal information and data with regard to minors remain online can imply the illegal processing thereof, as well as harm to their personal dignity, ~~thus compromising their identit~~particularly because these details may aend ~~social inclusion~~up in the wrong hands; Amendment 52 # Sabine VERHEYEN Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the fact that personal information and data with regard to minors remain online can imply the illegal processing thereof, as well as harm to their personal dignity, thus ~~compromising their identity~~possibly inflicting enormous damage on their identity, mental faculties and social inclusion; Amendment 53 # Tiziano MOTTI Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the fact that personal information and data with regard to minors remain online can imply the illegal processing thereof, even for commercial purposes, as well as harm to their personal dignity, thus compromising their identity and social inclusion; Amendment 54 # Iva ZANICCHI, Marco SCURRIA Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the fact that personal information and data with regard to minors remain online can imply the illegal processing thereof, as well as their exploitation or harm to their personal dignity, thus compromising their identity and social inclusion; Amendment 55 # Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU Motion for a resolution Recital Η α (new) Ηa. whereas the fact that rapid growth of the means of social networking entails certain dangers to security of the personal life, personal data and personal dignity of minors; Amendment 56 # Santiago FISAS AYXELA Motion for a resolution Recital H bis (new) Ha. whereas almost 15 % of Internet users who are minors aged between 10 and 17 receive some sexual solicitation, and 34 % of them encounter sexual material that they did not search for; Amendment 57 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the various ~~regulatory methods~~codes of conduct adopted by suppliers of digital content and services do not always satisfy the requirements of European or national legislation in respect of transparency, independence, confidentiality, the processing of personal data and its profiling for commercial purposes; Amendment 58 # Silvia COSTA Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the various regulatory methods adopted by suppliers of digital content and services do not always satisfy requirements in respect of transparency, independence, confidentiality, the processing of personal data ~~and its~~may present risks in terms of profiling for commercial purposes, other forms of exploitation such as sexual abuse, and even human trafficking; Amendment 59 # Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) I a. whereas advertising targeted at children should be responsible and moderate; Amendment 60 # Mitro REPO Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas minors must be protected from the dangers of the digital world in accordance with their age and developmental progress; whereas the Member States are reporting difficulties in coordinating aspects on the adoption of classification categories for content by age range and the risk level of the content; Amendment 61 # Emma McCLARKIN Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) J a. Whereas, while acknowledging the many dangers that minors face in the digital world, we should also continue to embrace the many opportunities that the digital world brings in growing a knowledge based society; Amendment 62 # Marek Henryk MIGALSKI Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. taking account of the fact that the role of parents in the process of protecting their children from the dangers stemming from the digital world is very significant; taking account of the fact that full involvement of both parents in the process of raising a child is decisive in the child’s development and the ability to defend against dangerous content, including digital content; Amendment 63 # Sabine VERHEYEN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Asks the Commission to propose a single framework directive on the rights of minors in the digital world, in order to integrate all the provisions regarding minors envisaged in the previous provisions of the EU;Deleted Amendment 64 # Helga TRÜPEL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Asks the Commission to propose a single framework directive on the rights of minors in the digital world, in order to integrate all the provisions regarding minors envisaged in the previous provisions of the EU;deleted Amendment 65 # Nadja HIRSCH Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Asks the Commission to propose a single framework directive on the rights of minors in the digital world, in order to integrate all the provisions regarding minors envisaged in the previous provisions of the EU;Deleted Amendment 66 # Petra KAMMEREVERT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Asks the Commission to impro~~pose a single framework directive on the rights of minors in the digital world, in order to integrate all the provisions regarding minors envisaged in the previous provisions of the EU~~ve the coordination of its policy of protecting the rights of minors in the digital world, and calls on it to examine ways in which protection can be incorporated more effectively in future legislative acts; Amendment 67 # Emma McCLARKIN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. AWelcomes the Commission's European strategy for a better internet for children and calls on the Commission to enhance existing internal mechanisms to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach to child safety online; furthermore, asks the Commission to propose a single framework directive on the rights of minors in the digital world, in order to integrate all the provisions regarding minors envisaged in the previous provisions of the EU; Amendment 68 # Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Asks the Commission to propose a single and clear framework directive on the rights of minors in the digital world, in order to integrate and codify all the provisions regarding minors envisaged in the previous provisions of the EU; Amendment 69 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Asks the Commission to propose a single framework directive on the rights of minors in the digital world, in order to integrate all the provisions regarding minors envisaged in the previous provisions of the EU, in compliance with the European provisions on fundamental rights and freedoms; Amendment 70 # Silvia COSTA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Welcomes the Commission's announcement of a future European Cybercrime Centre and the support provided in protecting children; Amendment 71 # Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Welcomes the newly adopted Commission strategy to protect the rights of minors in the digital world, and calls on the Commission, Member States and the industry to continue to cooperate efficiently in order to deliver a safer internet for children; Amendment 72 # Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. ~~Invit~~Urges all the Member States to smoothly implement Directive 2011/92/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse; Amendment 73 # Emma McCLARKIN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. In~~vites all the Member States to ratify~~sists that all Member States which have signed up to the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse must ratify the Convention and invites all other Member States which have not already signed up, to sign and ratify the Convention; insists also, that Member States ratify the EU directive on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography; Amendment 74 # Iva ZANICCHI, Marco SCURRIA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Invites all the Member States to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse and, as far as possible, to harmonise their efforts regarding the protection of minors in the digital world; Amendment 75 # Petra KAMMEREVERT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Believes it to be extremely important that training in media skills should begin at the earliest possible stage, educating children and adolescents to decide in a critical and informed manner which paths they wish follow in the Internet and which they wish to avoid, as well as promoting fundamental values in relation to coexistence and a respectful and tolerant attitude to other people; Amendment 76 # Tiziano MOTTI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 bis (new) 2a. Invites the European Commission to follow up effectively on Written Declaration No 29, approved by an absolute majority of MEPs, in which Parliament requested, among other things, the creation of a European early warning system for paedophiles and sexual offenders; Amendment 77 # Emma McCLARKIN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls on the Commission to cooperate and if necessary develop a memorandum of understanding with the Council of Europe to avoid duplication of work; Amendment 78 # Emma McCLARKIN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Welcomes the new cyber security agency based at Europol and calls on the Commission ensure the child protection team within the new centre is adequately resourced and cooperates effectively with Interpol; Amendment 79 # Petra KAMMEREVERT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. ~~Hopes for the continuation of the Safer Internet programme, with adequate resources and the safeguarding of its specific character~~Calls on the Commission to present a report on the effectiveness of the Safer Internet programme to the European Parliament; Amendment 80 # Emma McCLARKIN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. ~~Hopes for~~Ensure the continuation of the Safer Internet pProgramme~~, with adequate resources and the safeguarding of its specific character~~ through provision of adequate funding to carry out its activities fully; Amendment 81 # Sabine VERHEYEN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Hopes for the continuation of the Safer Internet programme, as well as other programmes, with adequate resources and the safeguarding of its specific character; Amendment 82 # Malika BENARAB-ATTOU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Hopes for the continuation of the Safer Internet programme, with adequate resources and the safeguarding of its specific character and calls for a thorough review of its successes and failures in order to ensure maximum effectiveness moving forward; Amendment 83 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 bis (new) 3a. Notes the creation, at the initiative of the Commission, of the CEO coalition for the online security of minors; calls for, in this regard, close collaboration with civil society associations and organisations working for the protection of minors, data protection, education, etc., representatives of parents and educators, including at a European level, as well as the various Commission Directorates-General that are tasked with consumer protection and justice; Amendment 84 # Nadja HIRSCH Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 ~~Right to a~~Access and education with media and new media Amendment 85 # Jean-Marie CAVADA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Identifies in ‘Media Education’ the essential tool for a~~ccess to and train~~llowing of minors to engage in the critical use of media and opportunities of the digital world and invites ~~all the~~ Member States to ~~enhance Media Education~~include it in the school curriculum ~~and to make use of the good practice of ‘European Schoolnet’~~; Amendment 86 # Sabine VERHEYEN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Identifies in ‘Media Education’ the essential tool for access to and ~~training~~education of minors in the critical use of media and opportunities of the digital world and invites all the Member States to enhance Media Education in the school curriculum, to make appropriate financial resources available for this purpose, and to make use of the good practice of ‘European Schoolnet’; Amendment 87 # Silvia COSTA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Identifies in ‘'Digital and Media Education’' the essential tool for access to and training of minors in the critical use of media and opportunities of the digital world and invites all the Member States to enhance Digital and Media Education, and online safety, in the school curriculum and to make use of the good practice of ‘'European Schoolnet’'; Amendment 88 # Mitro REPO Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Identifies in ‘Media Education’ the essential tool for access to and training of minors in the critical use of media and opportunities of the digital world and invites all the Member States to enhance Media Education in the school curriculum and to make use of the good practice of ‘European Schoolnet’; reminds the Commission that ‘Consumer Education’ is also important given the continued growth of digital marketing; Amendment 89 # Mitro REPO Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Reminds the Commission that in many families children are better at using digital environments than their parents, which is why families should be informed of the dangers present in the digital world and instructed on how such dangers can be averted; Amendment 90 # Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates the importance of the digital literacy and skills of minors ~~being consider~~and safe utilisation of the Internet by minors being regarded as a priority in the Union’s social policy; Amendment 91 # Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates the importance of the digital literacy and skills of minors being considered as a priority in the ~~Union's social~~Member States education policy; Amendment 92 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates the importance of the digital literacy and skills of minors being considered as a priority in the Union’s ~~social policy~~policies with regard to education and youth; Amendment 93 # Gianni PITTELLA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates the importance of the digital and media literacy and skills of minors being considered as a priority in the Union’s social policy and as a crucial component of the Europe 2020 Strategy; Amendment 94 # Iva ZANICCHI, Marco SCURRIA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates the importance of the digital literacy and skills of minors and their parents being considered as a priority in the Union’s social policy; Amendment 95 # Malika BENARAB-ATTOU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates the importance of the digital literacy and skills of minors being considered as a priority in the Union’s social and educational policyies; Amendment 96 # Lorenzo FONTANA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 bis (new) 5a. Encourages ongoing digital training for educators who work with students in schools on a permanent basis; Amendment 97 # Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the need for a~~n educational alliance~~ closer cooperation among families, school, civil society, interested parties and audiovisual services, in order to guarantee a ~~balanced dynamic between~~fair and safe access to the digital world ~~and~~for minors; Amendment 98 # Malika BENARAB-ATTOU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the need for an educational alliance among families, school, civil society, interested parties and audiovisual services, in order to guarantee a ~~balanced dynamic between~~ppropriate access to the digital world ~~and~~for minors; Amendment 99 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the need for an educational alliance among families, school, civil society, and interested parties ~~and~~, including those involved in audiovisual services, in order to guarantee a balanced dynamic between the digital world and minors; encourages the Commission to support awareness-raising initiatives aimed at parents and educators in order to ensure that they can best support minors in the use of digital tools and services; Amendment 100 # Iva ZANICCHI, Marco SCURRIA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the need for an educational alliance among families, school, civil society, interested parties, media and audiovisual services, in order to guarantee a balanced dynamic between the digital world and minors; Amendment 101 # Katarína NEVEĎALOVÁ Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the need for an educational alliance among families, school, civil society, interested parties and audiovisual services, in order to guarantee a balanced and proactive dynamic between the digital world and minors; Amendment 102 # Gianni PITTELLA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 bis (new) 6a. Encourages Member States to support schools in developing the ability among children to test and produce quality online and offline products and services; Amendment 103 # Jean-Marie CAVADA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 bis (new) 6a. Calls on Member States, public authorities and access providers to intensify their communication campaigns in order to make minors, adolescents, parents and educators aware of uncontrolled digital dangers; Amendment 104 # Helga TRÜPEL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 ~~7. Encourages the Commission to support the access of minors to safe and high quality digital content in existing programmes, dedicated to young people, education and the digital world;~~Deleted Amendment 105 # Gianni PITTELLA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Encourages the Commission to support the access of minors to safe and high quality digital content in existing and new programmes and services in the digitial world, dedicated to young people, and education ~~and the digital world~~, maintaining financing programmes, such as the Safer Internet Programme; Amendment 106 # Malika BENARAB-ATTOU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Encourages the Commission to support the access of minors to ~~safe and~~ high quality digital content in existing programmes, dedicated to young people, education and the digital world; Amendment 107 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Encourages the Commission to support the access of minors to safe and high quality pluralistic digital content in existing programmes, dedicated to young people, education, culture, the arts and the digital world; Amendment 108 # Katarína NEVEĎALOVÁ Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Encourages the Commission and member states to support the access of minors to safe and high quality digital content in existing programmes, dedicated to young people, education and the digital world; Amendment 109 # Kinga GÖNCZ Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Encourages the Commission to support the equal access of minors to safe and high quality digital content in existing programmes, dedicated to young people, education and the digital world; Amendment 110 # Malika BENARAB-ATTOU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Recommends that the Commission propose a review of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, including the production of quality online and offline services for young people, as well as recommending to the Member States to include these objectives among the obligations of the public service;Deleted Amendment 111 # Jean-Marie CAVADA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Recommends that the Commission propose a review of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, including the production of quality online and offline services for young people, as well as recommending to the Member States to include these objectives among the obligations of the public service;Deleted Amendment 112 # Silvia COSTA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. ~~Recommends that the Commission propose a review of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, including the production of quality onl~~Acknowledges public service media's role in promotineg a~~nd offline services for young people, as well as recommending to the Member States to include these objectives among the obligations of the public service~~ safe and trusted online space for minors; Amendment 113 # Malika BENARAB-ATTOU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Recommends that the Commission propose a review of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive~~, including the production of quality online and offline services for young people, as well as recommending to the Member States to include these objectives among the obligations of the public service~~ to more strictly control the rules governing advertising; Amendment 114 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Recommends that the Commission propose a review of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, including the production of pluralistic and quality online and offline services for young people, as well as recommending to the Member States to include these objectives among the obligations of the public service in particular; Amendment 115 # Iva ZANICCHI, Marco SCURRIA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Recommends that the Commission propose a review of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, including the production of secure and quality online and offline services for young people, as well as recommending to the Member States to include these objectives among the obligations of the public service; Amendment 116 # Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Urges the Commission to include in its main priorities the protection of children from agressive or misleading TV and online advertising; calls on the industry to respect and fully implement existing codes of conduct and similar initiatives; Amendment 117 # Kinga GÖNCZ Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights the effectiveness of formal, informal, non-formal and peer education in the diffusion of safe practices and the potential threats (through concrete examples) among minors in using the Internet, social networks, video games and mobile telephones, and encourages ‘European Schoolnet’ to facilitate mentoring among students in this field; stresses the need of informing also parents about safe practices and threats; Amendment 118 # Silvia COSTA Motion for a resolution Paragraph -10 a (new) -10 a. Welcomes the intention of the European Commission to consider possible legislative measures if industry self-regulation fails to deliver; Amendment 119 # Katarína NEVEĎALOVÁ Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Calls on the Commission and member states to develop schemes aimed at equipping children and young people with adequate skills and securing informed access to the internet and new media for them. In this regard, highlights the importance of making digital media literacy mainstreamed at all levels of formal and non-formal education, including a lifelong learning approach from the earliest stage possible; Amendment 120 # Malika BENARAB-ATTOU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. ~~Deplores the slowness in the ‘notice and take down’ procedure in some Member States and w~~Welcomes the Commission's initiative in publishing an impact assessment ~~in this regard~~on the 'notice and take down' procedure in some Member States; Amendment 121 # Petra KAMMEREVERT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. ~~Deplores the slowness in~~Notes theat ‘notice and take down’ procedures in some Member States andre still too slow, welcomes the Commission’s initiative in publishing an impact assessment in this regard, and recommends enhancing the efficiency of these procedures and continuing their development in the Member States in the interests of best practice; Amendment 122 # Sabine VERHEYEN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Deplores the slowness in the ‘notice and take down’ procedure in some Member States, questions the reason for this, and welcomes the Commission’s initiative in publishing an impact assessment in this regard; Amendment 123 # Emma McCLARKIN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Deplores the slowness in the ‘notice and take down’ procedure in some Member States ~~and~~, welcomes the Commission's initiative in publishing an impact assessment in this regard and suggests that the most effective 'notice and takedown' procedures should be used as best practice models; Amendment 124 # Petra KAMMEREVERT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Invites the Commission and the Member States to strengthen cooperation with the police to protect minors against online crimes as well as to coordinate hotlines, and to make agreements with Internet services suppliers to this end;Deleted Amendment 125 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. ~~Invites the Commission and the Member States to strengthen cooperation with the police~~Supports the concept of developing synergies with other related services, including police and juvenile justice systems to protect minors against online crimes ~~as well as to~~, particularly by coordinateing hotlines, and invites the Commission and Member States to make agreements with Internet services suppliers to this end; Amendment 126 # Malika BENARAB-ATTOU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Invites the Commission ~~and the Member States to strengthen~~to evaluate the effectiveness of cooperation with the police to protect minors against online crime~~s as well as to coordinate~~, hotlines, and ~~to make~~existing agreements with Internet services suppliers ~~to this end~~; Amendment 127 # Helga TRÜPEL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Invites the Commission and the Member States to strengthen cooperation with the police to protect minors against online crimes as well as to coordinate hotlines~~, and to make agreements with Internet services suppliers to this end~~; Amendment 128 # Tiziano MOTTI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Invites the Commission and the Member States to strengthen cooperation with the police to protect minors against online crimes ~~as well as to coordinate hotlines~~, to immediately identify online predators of children, as well as to coordinate hotlines and the European early warning system, and to make agreements with Internet services suppliers to this end; Amendment 129 # Sabine VERHEYEN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Invites the Commission and the Member States to strengthen cooperation with the police to protect minors against online crimes as well as to coordinate ~~hotlines~~and integrate hotlines and other contact points, such as ‘safety buttons’, and to make agreements with Internet services suppliers to this end; Amendment 130 # Mitro REPO Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Invites the Commission and the Member States to strengthen cooperation with the police to protect minors against online crimes as well as to coordinate hotlines, and to make agreements with Internet services suppliers to this end; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work in cooperation with third countries to prevent illegal activity; Amendment 131 # Sabine VERHEYEN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Encourages Member States to take forward national hotlines and other contact points, such as ‘safety buttons’, that conform to the INHOPE standards, to improve their integration, and to carefully analyse the results achieved~~, checking that every national hotline can act in the general interest~~; Amendment 132 # Jean-Marie CAVADA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 bis (new) 12a. Underlines the importance of disseminating reliable instruments such as warning pages or acoustic and optical signals to limit direct access of minors to content that is harmful to them; Amendment 133 # Sabine VERHEYEN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Asks the Commission and the Member States to improve information regarding hotlines and other contact points, such as ‘safety buttons’ for minors and their families; Amendment 134 # Silvia COSTA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Asks the Commission and the Member States to improve information regarding hotlines for minors and their families, thereby making it easier to report illegal content; Amendment 135 # Emma McCLARKIN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Asks the Commission and the Member States to improve information regarding hotlines for minors and their families and calls for the Member States to raise awareness of the existence of Hotlines as points of contact for reporting child sexual abuse images; Amendment 136 # Petra KAMMEREVERT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 ~~14. Supports the commitment of digital content and service suppliers to implement codes of conduct to identify, prevent and remove illegal content;~~Deleted Amendment 137 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Supports the commitment of digital content and service suppliers to implement codes of conduct ~~to identify, prevent and remove illegal content~~compliant with the regulations that are in force to identify, prevent and remove illegal content based on the decisions of the legal authorities; encourages the Commission and Member States to carry out evaluations in this area; Amendment 138 # Lorenzo FONTANA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Supports the commitment of digital content and service suppliers to implement codes of conduct to identify, prevent and ~~remove~~swiftly remove potentially illegal content; Amendment 139 # Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 α (new) 14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to undertake a new campaign which will be addressed to parents and will assist them in understanding the digital material that is being managed by their children and, above all, the ways to protect their children from illegal, unsuitable or dangerous material; Amendment 140 # Santiago FISAS AYXELA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 bis (new) 14a. Regrets the failure to comply with the pact signed on 9 February 2009 between the EC and 17 social networking sites, including Facebook and Myspace, which promoted the protection and security of minors online; Amendment 141 # Marek Henryk MIGALSKI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Highlights that online crimes are often of a cross-border nature, therefore an important element in combating them should be international cooperation of existing law enforcement agencies; Amendment 142 # Lívia JÁRÓKA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Urges Member States and the Commission to support and launch awareness raising campaigns targeting children, parents and educators in order to provide the information necessary for the protection against cyber crime, as well as to encourage them to report suspicious websites and online behaviour; Amendment 143 # Lívia JÁRÓKA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14 b. Urges authorities to reach agreements with content providers and server hosts to repel illegal or threatening activities in mainstream online media, most typically in social networks; Amendment 144 # Lívia JÁRÓKA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 c (new) 14 c. Calls on Member States and the Commission to properly establish the national and international procedural rules for shutting down websites hosting exploitative, threatening, abusive, discriminatory or otherwise malicious content; Amendment 145 # Silvia COSTA Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 Combating ~~unsuitable~~harmful content Amendment 146 # Nadja HIRSCH Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 ~~15. Encourages the Commission and Member States to develop strategies and standards to protect minors from online and offline exposure to content that is unsuitable for their age;~~Deleted Amendment 147 # Petra KAMMEREVERT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. ~~Encourages~~Calls on the Commission ~~and Member States to develop strategies and standards to protect minors from online and offline exposure to content that is unsuitable for their age~~to examine the effectiveness of the various systems for voluntary classification of content unsuitable for minors in the Member States and to develop new strategic options from the information gathered; Amendment 148 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Encourages the ~~Commission and~~ Member States to ~~develop strategies and standards to~~reinforce cooperation in the development of strategies, with respect for fundamental freedoms and rights, and to better coordinate the protection of minors from ~~online and offline exposure to~~harmful content, as well as to involve third count~~ent that is unsuitable for their age~~ries in this, including by reaching agreements on the subject; Amendment 149 # Sabine VERHEYEN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Encourages the Commission and Member States to develop strategies and standards to ~~protect~~train minors ~~from~~in the responsible use of the Internet, to make them aware of online and offline exposure to content that is unsuitable for their age, and to protect them accordingly; Amendment 150 # Helga TRÜPEL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Encourages the Commission and Member States to develop strategies ~~and standards~~ to protect minors from online and offline exposure to content that is unsuitable for their age; Amendment 151 # Silvia COSTA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Encourages the Commission, and Member States and the internet industry to develop strategies and standards to protect minors from online and offline exposure to content that is unsuitable for their age, including violence, advertising which encourages overspending and the purchase of virtual goods or credits with their mobile phones; Amendment 152 # Nadja HIRSCH Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Welcomes technical innovation whereby businesses offer special online solutions to allow children to use the Internet safely; Amendment 153 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Invites associations of audiovisual and digital service suppliers, in cooperation with other relevant associations, to integrate the protection of minors into their respective by-laws and to indicate the appropriate age group; Amendment 154 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Encourages Member States to continue the dialogue to harmonise the classification of digital content for minors, in cooperation with the relevant operators and associations; Amendment 155 # Mitro REPO Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Encourages Member States to continue the dialogue to harmonise the classification of digital content for minors and to also work in cooperation with third countries; Amendment 156 # Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 α (new) 17a. Encourages the Committee and the Member States to classify electronic games with distinct characters based on the age to which they are addressed and, above all, on their content Amendment 157 # Nadja HIRSCH Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Invites the Commission to continue the ‘European Framework for Safer Mobile Use’ by exploiting the options that facilitate parental control ~~(for example ‘privacy by design’, ‘by default’ and ‘opt- in’)~~; Amendment 158 # Sabine VERHEYEN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. ~~Invites~~Calls on the Commission to continue the ‘European Framework for Safer Mobile Use’ by exploiting the options that facilitate parental control (for example ‘privacy by design’, ‘by default’ and ‘opt- in’); Amendment 159 # Jean-Marie CAVADA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Invites the Commission to continue the ‘European Framework for Safer Mobile Use’ by exploiting the options that facilitate parental control; Amendment 160 # Emma McCLARKIN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18 a. Stresses the good work done by civil society organisations and encourages these organisations to cooperate and work together across borders as well as working in partnership with law enforcements bodies, government, internet service providers and the public; Amendment 161 # Nadja HIRSCH Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal on laws to protect the privacy of minors such as ‘the right to be forgotten’ which bans the preservation online of information on the personal data of minors, which may risk their personal and professional life;Deleted Amendment 162 # Sabine VERHEYEN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal on laws to protect the privacy of minors ~~such as~~, in particular ‘the right to be forgotten’ which bans the preservation online of information on the personal data of minors, which may risk their personal and professional life; Amendment 163 # Silvia COSTA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Welcomes the Commission's proposal on laws to protect the privacy of minors such as ‘the right to be forgotten’ which bans the preservation online of information on the personal data of minors, which may risk their personal and professional life; Welcomes also the intention to establish an electronic system for age certification; Amendment 164 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 bis (new) 19a. Underlines the importance of making users aware of how their personal data and the data of associated parties are handled by service providers or social networks and of the options available to them for redress in cases where their data are used outside the scope of the legitimate purposes for which they were collected by providers and their partners, this information to appear in a language and form adapted to the user profiles, with special attention paid to minors; considers that providers have particular responsibilities in this regard, and calls on them to inform users in a clear, comprehensible manner of their publication policies; Amendment 165 # Nadja HIRSCH Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Welcomes the input of the Commission in relation to the ‘right to be forgotten’, but warns against the misconception that content can ever be completely deleted from the Internet; Amendment 166 # Helga TRÜPEL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 ~~20. Encourages the promotion in every digital sector of technological options which, if selected, can limit the websurfing of minors within traceable limits and with conditional access;~~Deleted Amendment 167 # Nadja HIRSCH Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 ~~20. Encourages the promotion in every digital sector of technological options which, if selected, can limit the websurfing of minors within traceable limits and with conditional access;~~Deleted Amendment 168 # Iva ZANICCHI, Marco SCURRIA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. ~~Encourages~~Strongly hopes for the promotion in every digital sector of technological options which, if selected, can limit the websurfing of minors within traceable limits and with conditional access; Amendment 169 # Silvia COSTA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Encourages the promotion in every digital sector of technological options which, if selected, can limit the websurfing of minors within traceable limits and with conditional access; thereby providing an effective tool for parental control; Amendment 170 # Sabine VERHEYEN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Encourages the promotion in every digital sector of technological options which, if selected, can limit the websurfing of minors within traceable limits and with conditional access, notes however that such measures cannot replace thorough training for minors in the use of the media; Amendment 171 # Jean-Marie CAVADA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 bis (new) 20a. Underlines the importance of informing children and adolescents at a very early stage of their rights to privacy on the Internet and teaching them to recognise the sometimes subtle methods used to obtain information from them; Amendment 172 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Invites the Member States to develop ~~more standard~~and harmonise systems relating to the right of reply in digital media, ~~in order to~~whilst also improv~~e its~~ing their effectiveness; Amendment 173 # Malika BENARAB-ATTOU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Underlines that ~~digital citizenship is an essential element in European~~media education is an essential tool for developing criti~~zenship, in order to create knowledgeable citizens who ar~~cal thinking in children and encouraging them to be active protagonists in digital democracy processes; Amendment 174 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Underlines that digital ~~citizenship is an essential element in European citizenship, in order to create knowledgeable citizens who are protagonists in digital democracy processes~~technology is an important learning tool for citizenship, facilitating the participation of many citizens living in peripheral areas and especially of young audiences, allowing them to fully benefit from freedom of expression and online communication; Amendment 175 # Gianni PITTELLA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Underlines that digital citizenship is an essential element in European citizenship, in order to ~~create~~mould knowledgeable citizens who are protagonists in digital democracy processes, and to encourage the creation of a ‘digital skills’ module for Europass as part of the EU Youth Strategy; Amendment 176 # Lorenzo FONTANA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Underlines that digital citizenship is an essential element in European citizenship, in order to create knowledgeable citizens who are protagonists in ~~digital~~ democracy processes; Amendment 177 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Invites the Member States to consider digital platforms as training ~~ground~~tools for democratic participation; Amendment 178 # Silvia COSTA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Invites the Member States to consider digital platforms as training grounds for democratic participation for every child with special regard to the most vulnerable; Amendment 179 # Katarína NEVEĎALOVÁ Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Underlines the imopport~~ance of~~unity that new media represents to promot~~ing~~e, in services and digital content, understanding and dialogue between generations, genders, and various cultural and ethnic groups; Amendment 180 # Lorenzo FONTANA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Underlines the importance of promoting, in services and digital content, understanding and dialogue ~~between generations, genders, and various cultural and ethnic groups~~; Amendment 181 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Underlines the importance of promoting, in services and digital content, understanding and dialogue between generations, genders, and various cultural ~~and ethnic~~ groups; Amendment 182 # Jean-Marie CAVADA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 bis (new) 24a. Recalls that information and citizenship are closely linked on the Internet and that what threatens the civic engagement of young people today is the lack of interest they show in information; source: PE-489.363

Amendments

Dossier

182

2012/2068(INI) Protecting children in the digital world

2012/10/05 CULT 182 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 bis (new)

- having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights and Convention 108 of the Council of Europe,

Amendment 2 #

Santiago FISAS AYXELA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 bis (new)

- having regard to the Commission Communication of 28 March 2012 on ‘Tackling Crime in our Digital Age: Establishing a European Cybercrime Centre’ (COM (2012) 140 final),

Amendment 3 #

Tiziano MOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 bis (new)

- having regard to European Parliament Written Declaration No 29/2010, approved by an absolute majority on 23 June 2010, on the setting up of a ‘European early warning system (EWS) for paedophiles and sex offenders’,

Amendment 4 #

Silvia COSTA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

- having regard to the communication of the Commission of 2 may 2012 "European Strategy for a better internet for children" (COM (2012) 196),

Amendment 5 #

Seán KELLY

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

- having regard to the European Parliament Report on a Comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union 2011/2025(INI),

Amendment 6 #

Petra KAMMEREVERT