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The role of the media in times of crisis

Amendment No. 6 | Doc. 15437 | 22 January 2022

Signatories:
Mr Andrey EPISHIN, Russian Federation, NR ; Mr Aleksandr BASHKIN, Russian Federation, NR ; Ms Maria BUTINA, Russian Federation, NR ; Ms Olga KAZAKOVA, Russian Federation, NR ; Mr Sergey KISLYAK, Russian Federation, NR ; Ms Irina RUKAVISHNIKOVA, Russian Federation, NR ; Ms Svetlana ZHUROVA, Russian Federation, NR
Origin
2022 - First part-session
In the draft resolution, paragraph 13.2, replace the words "to prevent that powerful digital businesses become centres of political power" with the following words:

"including the development of a relevant binding legal instrument, to prevent that powerful digital businesses become centres of political power and violate human rights including freedom of expression".

Explanatory note

The need for a relevant binding legal instrument is caused by the

complexity and the effectiveness of regulating exclusively at the national level the cross-border phenomenon of global dissemination of information by Internet intermediaries, which does not correspond to the scale of the problem. In addition, the problem lies not only in the concentration of political power at digital platforms, but also in its use by Internet giants with violations of fundamental rights and freedoms.