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Debate: Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Virginie Joron
Political group: ID
Country: Estonia
Language: FR

Elon Musk a donc été sommé, par lettre partagée dans un tweet, d’apporter une réponse dans les vingt-quatre heures, un délai qui n’est reflété, en tant que tel, ni dans le règlement sur les services numériques, ni dans les pratiques de votre administration. Par ailleurs, quel type de recommandation avez-vous eue de la part du comité européen des services numériques pour agir de la sorte et vous y sentir autorisé? Évidemment, nous sommes tous d’accord sur le fait qu’il faut empêcher les terroristes d’utiliser les plateformes numériques pour faire leur propagande. Votre réaction par tweet n’est finalement pas à la hauteur du sujet, hautement sensible et dangereux. Comment expliquer qu’après cette attaque sur les réseaux sociaux contre E. Musk, vous invitiez, le lendemain matin, vos abonnés à rejoindre Bluesky Social, la plateforme rivale de l’ancien propriétaire de Twitter, Jack Dorsey? Finalement, pour vous, il faudrait quitter le Twitter d’Elon Musk pour aller sur celui de Jack Dorsey – celui qui a fermé le compte de l’ancien président Donald Trump, à cause du règlement sur les services numériques –, vraiment? Mais qu’est-ce qui vous dérange chez E. Musk? La liberté de penser? La liberté d’expression? Ses révélations sur le fils Biden? Ses révélations sur le contrôle des informations durant la crise de la COVID-19? Personne n’est dupe ici, et ce mélange des genres est en train de se voir, même du côté du Berlaymont. Selon une source bien placée à Bruxelles – je cite –, «Breton est un politicien désireux de rester dans le cycle de la presse le plus longtemps possible à l’approche des élections». M. Timmermans, votre collègue néerlandais, a eu le courage de démissionner pour faire campagne, lui. Dans une lettre du 17 octobre, 29 organisations de la société civile ont elles aussi réagi à cette mauvaise lecture du règlement sur les services numériques, et vous ont rappelé de respecter les procédures prévues par la loi. En fait, ce que nous voyons ici, par votre action, ce n’est pas la lutte contre la désinformation en période de conflit, mais la diffusion de votre tract politique. Ici, beaucoup ont parlé de vérité, c’est pourquoi je vais citer Platon: «Personne n’est plus détesté que celui qui dit la vérité.»
Debate: Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Now the mask is off – the EU is backing Israeli terror. There’s a massive public outcry, so attempts are made to control the narrative. Palestinian solidarity is banned in the streets, the mainstream press repeats the lies, social media is the last space left, so the Commissioner plays ‘bully boy’ with the outlets over Hamas content. The result: predictable over-compliance, Palestinian silence trying to communicate the unimaginable crime being done to them. And all the while, citizens’ feeds are flooded with paid-for war propaganda from Israel’s Foreign ministry. That’s not taken down because it’s the same
Debate: Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Marcel de Graaff
Political group: NI
Country: France
Language: NL

Voorzitter, direct na het uitbreken van het conflict tussen Israël en Hamas eiste commissaris Thierry Breton van Elon Musk dat hij desinformatie hierover op het socialemediaplatform X moest bestrijden. Terecht vroeg Musk aan de commissaris over welke concrete zaken het hier ging en hierop kwam geen antwoord. Deze desinformatieverordening is een totalitair en paternalistisch middel om ongewenste meningen te censureren door torenhoge boetes op te leggen. Individuele burgers laten censureren zonder tussenkomst van de rechter, is het einde van de rechtsstaat en het einde van de democratie. De grootste verspreider van desinformatie is al jaren de overheid die nu op de stoel van de rechter gaat zitten. Leugens over massa-immigratie, over coronavaccins, klimaatverandering, stikstof, Oekraïne en nu weer Israël en Hamas. Kritiek moet worden gecensureerd, nee, deze verordening moet direct van tafel. De Commissie moet eerst maar eens de berichten tussen Ursula von der Leyen en Pfizer laten zien.
Debate: Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Arba Kokalari
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: SV

Herr talman! Vi har krig i Europa och det utspelar sig just nu både på slagfältet och på internet. Ryssland bedriver krig mot Ukraina och sprider propaganda på sociala medier. Hamas har dödat fler judar på en dag än vad vi har sett sedan Förintelsen. Nu sprids deras terrormaterial för att legitimera dessa mord.  Desinformation och hatet förpestar våra demokratier. Det är särskilt farligt i krig och konflikt. Facebook, TikTok, X (tidigare Twitter) fortsätter att sprida terrormaterial och antisemitism, trots att vi har EU:s nya digitallagar, DSA, på plats. De måste sluta premiera polarisering framför fakta. De måste sluta ducka från ansvar. För spridning av propaganda kan vara skillnaden mellan liv och död.
Debate: Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Alex Agius Saliba
Political group: S-D
Country: Malta
Language: MT

Sur President, fil-miġja tal-avvenimenti traġiċi f’Iżrael u f’Gaża, is-social media ġiet mifqugħa b’messaġġi u filmati mimlija diżinformazzjoni jew li xerrdu l-mibegħda, jew saħansitra ħeġġu t-twettiq ta’ atti terroristiċi. Nilqa’ b’sodisfazzjon it-twissija tal-Kummissjoni lil TikTok u lil Meta kif ukoll l-investigazzjoni ta’ X sabiex dan it-tip ta’ kontenut jiġi mrażżan. Id-diżinformazzjoni qiegħda timmina mhux biss il-prinċipji demokratiċi li madwarhom hija mibnija l-Unjoni Ewropea, iżda wkoll qed tiġi użata minn atturi kbar bħala għodda f’kampanji malizzjużi sabiex tiġi mxerrda l-biża’ bl-iskop li tiġi mmanipulata l-opinjoni pubblika u tiġi mnaffra l-fiduċja fl-istituzzjonijiet demokratiċi. Permezz tal-Att dwar is-Servizzi Diġitali, ħloqna standard dinji tal-ogħla livell sabiex jiġi responsabbilizzat l-użu tal-pjattaformi online. Kumpaniji bħal Meta u X għandhom ikunu suġġetti għal obbligi iżjed rigorużi fil-kontroll tat-tixrid tad-diżinformazzjoni. Madankollu, għandu jkollna wkoll għadd ta’ għodda ta’ infurzar u sanzjonijiet sabiex tittieħed azzjoni jekk il-pjattaformi jonqsu milli jagħmlu dan. Barra minn hekk, għandna wkoll inwettqu restrizzjonijiet fuq l-użu tal-algoritmi illi jwasslu sabiex tingħata prominenza lill-messaġġi diżinformattivi jew li jxerrdu l-mibegħda sabiex b’hekk jiġi mħeġġeġ skambju ta’ opinjoni ġenwina. Il-pjattaformi l-kbar għandhom jintensifikaw il-kooperazzjoni tagħhom ma’ fact-checkers u riċerkaturi, u jinvestu f’iżjed riżorsi sabiex jitneħħew il-bots, troll factories u atturi li jinfiltraw il-pjattaformi sabiex iferrxu d-diżinformazzjoni.
Debate: Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
Political group: Renew
Country: Latvia
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire, bébés décapités, femmes violées, attaques racistes ou antisémites, appels au meurtre ou à la haine: un tsunami de photos et de vidéos insupportables déferle ces derniers jours sur les réseaux sociaux ici, en Europe. Hélas, les exemples ne s’arrêtent pas là: ingérence étrangère dans nos élections, fausses informations, théories complotistes. Tous ces contenus circulent en toute impunité en ligne. Dans les guerres qui font rage en Ukraine et au Moyen-Orient, l’information est utilisée comme une arme de destruction massive. Ce sera la même chose pour les élections européennes, en juin prochain. Il n’y a plus de temps à perdre. Depuis cinquante jours, le règlement sur les services numériques met fin au far west en ligne. C’est une première mondiale, bravo! Mais peut-on encore cautionner qu’une vidéo d’appel au meurtre du professeur Samuel Paty puisse rester en ligne trois semaines avant d’être retirée? Non. Alors, Messieurs Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Shou Zi Chew, Neal Mohan – respectivement PDG de X, Meta, TikTok et YouTube –, c’est à vous que je m’adresse: désormais, vous avez des responsabilités à la hauteur de l’audience que vous touchez. Si vous ne voulez pas avoir du sang sur les mains, appliquez ce principe: action, réaction! Non, vous ne pourrez plus dire: «Je ne savais pas», ou: «Je m’en lave les mains».
Debate: Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Kim Van Sparrentak
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

Mr President, the past week we have seen unprecedented levels of disinformation on social media about the terrible events in Israel and Palestine, further fuelling fear, confusion and hate among the people affected, but also within Europe. The extreme amount of disinformation is polluting our debates, further sowing polarisation and driving people into opposite sides. Actors intentionally spread disinformation to win sympathy, justify actions or cast doubts. For citizens, this makes it nearly impossible to follow this conflict and know which sources to trust. But the fact is, innocent people are being murdered. These were people in need of care at the hospital, people at festivals, people scared, looking for shelter from violence in their own homes. This has to stop immediately. Fighting terror with terror will not save any civilians life. We need to stop this war. We need a ceasefire now. And we need to work towards peace and end the occupation. But polarising the rules, be it through spreading disinformation or paying for ads to show the gruesome effects of war, will not bring peace closer. We need a world of sense united against terror and violence. We need facts, context, quality journalism as the basis for informed public debate.  But as long as online platforms make profits by amplifying hate, extreme content and disinformation rather than quality information, our democracy, the rule of law and even peace are under threat. That is why the Commission urgently needs to act.  I keep hearing that the DSA and Code of Conduct already work perfectly against disinformation, but it’s hard to believe when our social media are flooded with it. We cannot rely on X or TikTok to demonetise disinformation. The EU needs to be able to act against the spread of disinformation immediately when tech companies do not. We don’t have time to wait until they reply to their letters. So I ask the Commission, do you really consider the rule strong and fast enough to deal with the imminent threat of disinformation? Are we doing everything we can to prevent online platforms from adding fuel to the fire?
Debate: Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Andrey Slabakov
Political group: ECR
Country: Spain
Language: BG

, Мисля, че един от проблемите е изключително падналото ниво на журналистиката в световен мащаб. Има изключително многобройни примери за това. И много често след публикуването на някаква информация, медиите нито се извиняват за фалшивите си новини, нито за своята дезинформация. Просто продължават да работят. Това е изключително неприемливо в условията на военен конфликт.  Ефектът от подобен тип дезинформация е много по-страшен и няма как да бъде толерирана подобна дейност. Вярвам, че разпространяването на дезинформация и пропаганда е престъпление, което е за Наказателния кодекс на всяка една от държавите членки, защото това е форма на тероризъм, която всява страх, паника и ужас. ( Само искам да ви дам един цитат от прочутата журналистка Ориана Фалачи – невероятна, която има моята гледна точка ...и истината. Трябва се стремим към истината.
Debate: Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Marco Campomenosi
Political group: ID
Country: Portugal
Language: EN

Mr President, I’m quite shocked about the support that this Parliament has given to the European Commission because honestly, right of speech should be something on which you should be more attentive. Less than one year ago, this Chamber approved the Digital Services Act, and we are already witnessing the dangers of arbitrary enforcement of its policy. Of course, the aims are agreed by all of us, but if you are sincere, dear Commissioner, you should know very well how complicated it is to reach these aims. In the dramatic clashes between Israel and Hamas, the Israeli Government, Ministers and army are using social media such as X, for example, to share information, documents and press releases. Both sides of the conflict are doing that. Social media are not the holders of a truth, but a mirror of the war, reflecting what is happening. Our role should not be to say what is good or bad, what is fake or true. In particular, it has just happened during the last terrorist attacks in Brussels. We have seen all of this. But regarding the activity of social media, because this is particularly facing against X, X is the only platform which has open source algorithms, which is public access and which allows journalists to independently verify the news. It is a model of transparency in that way. ‘Freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach’ is a principle that they use, and which is deleting hateful content. Community rules, one notes, are working quite well, and you did not consider the fact that they deleted a lot of illegal content on child pornography and violence against children. You did not mention what happened with the so-called Twitter files, what has been done in the past against content which was not illegal, but which was not liked by the shareholders of the social media owners.  This is the risk. The risk is that the DSA will cause the deletion of legitimate content and not content which is violating rules. So I am afraid citizens are not enough informed, because traditional media are playing a game because they believe that they will have an advantage.
Debate: Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Sandra Pereira
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: PT

Senhor Presidente, sob o pretexto da luta contra a desinformação e as notícias falsas, vai-se fazendo o caminho na limitação da liberdade de expressão e/ou na promoção da censura, determinando que canal de informação devemos seguir ou que plataforma digital devemos usar e essa plataforma decide o que é legal ou não.  Preocupa-nos que a chamada luta contra a desinformação se esteja a tornar numa manipulação da informação, com o silenciamento de determinadas opiniões e acontecimentos considerados incómodos ou inconvenientes; a focagem no secundário em detrimento do essencial; a descontextualização dos factos noticiados, retirando-lhes o verdadeiro significado ou emprestando-lhes mesmo um significado diferente; a apresentação de previsões e cenários ou a realização de sondagens manipuladas com o objetivo de condicionar decisões ou atitudes relativamente a acontecimentos futuros; a fabricação de factos, nomeadamente políticos, destinados a criar uma falsa realidade que depois é apresentada, citada ou comentada como a verdadeira realidade.  Tudo sem qualquer efeito real no combate à disseminação de notícias falsas. Tudo muito independente e fora do controlo democrático, mas bem subordinado ao poder do grande capital.
Debate: Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Tatjana Ždanoka
Political group: NI
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Mr President, where exactly is the border between freedom of speech and disinformation? Unfortunately, the DSA doesn’t give a clear answer to this question. Therefore, its implementation might lead to total control, instead of protecting users from harmful content or hate speech.  I give an example from my country: just yesterday, it was publicly announced that the Latvian Ministry of Education will submit to the law enforcement bodies the complaint against one local councillor since, and I cite: ‘his actions raised suspicions of anti-nationalistic views that can potentially be judged as inciting national hatred.’ So anti-nationalistic views inciting national hatred: we are here already. So, Commissioner Breton, we see that the request for information under the DSA was first sent to the platform allowing, by my view, the widest variety of political views. So is this not contrary to your assertion that, and I quote: ‘digital space you must remain a space of liberty’?
Debate: Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Pablo Arias Echeverría
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Señor presidente, señor comisario, a raíz de los ataques de Hamás a Israel las redes sociales se han inundado de noticias e imágenes falsas, discurso de odio y contenido ilegal. Esas mismas plataformas que vienen a pedirnos que entendamos, a la hora de legislar contra sus prácticas abusivas, que ya han implantado mecanismos suficientes para la lucha contra la desinformación, pero que a la primera oportunidad demuestran que siguen usando esas mismas prácticas. Mantienen algoritmos que premian y potencian un gran número de interacciones sin importarles el contenido. Las plataformas no pueden ampararse en que no fabrican los contenidos que albergan para no ser responsables de los mismos. Ya no. Utilizan los delitos de odio y las noticias e imágenes falsas que proliferan en las redes sociales estos días y que despiertan fuertes sentimientos entre usuarios para potenciar el uso de sus servicios. ¿No tienen ustedes límites? Exigimos a las plataformas que asuman su parte de responsabilidad y cumplan con los objetivos y obligaciones de la DSA en materia de moderación de contenido y a la Comisión que haga su trabajo. Por esto aplaudo la agilidad y contundencia en la actuación del comisario Breton. Una vez más deben prevalecer nuestros valores europeos. No podemos dejar que los gigantes de internet nos sigan imponiendo su forma de actuar y jueguen con algo tan sensible como los discursos de odio con la única intención de obtener beneficio. El debate ya no radica en la dualidad entre libertad de expresión y censura, sino en el derecho de los ciudadanos a una información veraz en la red y la lucha contra la desinformación. Hemos cruzado el Rubicón contra la desinformación. No hay marcha atrás.
Debate: Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Brando Benifei
Political group: S-D
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, lo abbiamo visto chiaramente anche in questi giorni di conflitto: la disinformazione può avere effetti devastanti e ulteriormente alimentare odio e tensioni, se non governata e contrastata. L'Europa si è posta all'avanguardia con il  Diffondere  Penso che dovremo continuare in questa direzione, pensando anche a momenti importanti come le elezioni europee del prossimo giugno. Per questo vogliamo andare oltre, oltre il codice di condotta sulla disinformazione, il DSA e gli altri strumenti. Vogliamo ad esempio introdurre nel regolamento sull'intelligenza artificiale l'obbligo di etichettare chiaramente quando un contenuto è generato da intelligenza artificiale, proprio per evitare che venga usato per influenzare in maniera distorta i processi democratici. Su questo sarà importante anche la  La pace, la democrazia e i diritti fondamentali devono essere alla base della
Debate: Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Anna Júlia Donáth
Political group: Renew
Country: Spain
Language: HU

Tisztelt Elnök Úr, Képviselőtársaim! Mondjuk ki, hogy az európai demokráciákra leselkedő legnagyobb veszély ma a közösségi médiában terjedő hazug propaganda és dezinformáció. Azok a hazugságok, amelyekkel tudatosan akarják megtéveszteni az európai állampolgárokat. Magyarországról jövök, ahol mindennapos, hogy a kormány és annak propagandája tudatosan hazudik, többek között az Európai Unióról is az állampolgárainak. Ahogy az is mindennapos, hogy az állam által pénzelt szócsövek orosz propagandát terjesztenek. E hazugságok célja egytől-egyig ugyanaz, zűrzavart, megosztottságot és gyűlöletet kelteni, hogy ne bízzunk többé az intézményekben, a politikusokban, sőt, ami a legrosszabb, egymásban.  Ezért kell Európának bátran, határozottan és keményen, erőteljesebben fellépnie minden hazugsággal és minden hazug információval szemben, és ezért kell a lehető legszigorúbban betartatnunk a közösségi médiaplatformokkal azokat a szabályokat, amelyeket a dezinformáció ellen hoztunk a DSA-szabályozásában. Hiszen ezeken keresztül terjed a leggyorsabban a hazugság ma Európában, sőt az egész világon. Tegyünk ezért sokkal többet!
Debate: Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Markéta Gregorová
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, dear colleagues, this House worked on the DSA for the past years, and I experienced personally how well-coordinated, well-funded and well-connected lobbyists from the digital monopolies have watered down every single aspect of it. Where we wanted hard rules and obligations, we got self-regulation and empty promises. The latest floods of uncontrolled disinformation in connection to Israel and Palestine will likely pass in a few weeks, and another war, disaster or election will serve as the next occasion to flood our minds with more uncontrolled lies to sow distrust. Unless, that is, we actually make a point right here and now to show the Twitters, TikToks and Facebooks of this world that if you fund, incite and make a business of spreading disinformation, we will kick you out of the single market. The self-regulation honeymoon is over. I want to see fines imposed and behaviours changed.