# Strengthening Media Freedom: the Protection of Journalists in Europe, Hate Speech, Disinformation and the Role of Platforms

European Parliament procedure 2020/2009(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 9th term, committee CULT / LIBE). Stage: Procedure completed. 366 committee amendments tabled by 78 Members between 2020-05-06 and 2020-07-07.

## What the amendments focus on

An own-initiative report on strengthening media freedom, the protection of journalists, hate speech, disinformation and the role of platforms. The amendments call for a strategy on media and information literacy, fighting disinformation and fake news, transparency of media ownership and funding, support for independent journalism and pluralism, warnings against concentration of media ownership, and the role of the European Digital Media Observatory and AVMSD.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice KUHNKE | Sweden | Verts/ALE | 62 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197395.md |
| Roberta METSOLA | Malta | PPE | 41 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/118859.md |
| Magdalena ADAMOWICZ | Poland | PPE | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197490.md |
| Vladimír BILČÍK | Slovakia | PPE | 37 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197771.md |
| Ramona STRUGARIU | Romania | RE | 36 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/134605.md |
| Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ | Slovakia | RE | 31 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197766.md |
| Sylwia SPUREK | Poland | Verts/ALE | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197550.md |
| Maria WALSH | Ireland | PPE | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197863.md |
| Javier ZARZALEJOS | Spain | PPE | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197606.md |
| Elena YONCHEVA | Bulgaria | S&D | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197842.md |
| Konstantinos ARVANITIS | Greece | GUE/NGL | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197701.md |
| Tudor CIUHODARU | Romania | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197657.md |
| Kris PEETERS | Belgium | PPE | 22 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197420.md |
| Irena JOVEVA | Slovenia | RE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197447.md |
| Sylvie GUILLAUME | France | S&D | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96952.md |

## Official source documents

- PE650.615: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CULT-AM-650615_EN.pdf
- PE654.073: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-654073_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2020-2009-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2020-2009-INI.json

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