Stepping up measures against dangerous terrorist online content, and EU funding of associations that violate EU values

23.10.2020

Priority question for written answer  P-005765/2020/rev.1
to the Commission
Rule 138
Fabienne Keller (Renew), Nathalie Loiseau (Renew), Stéphane Séjourné (Renew), Ilana Cicurel (Renew), Véronique Trillet-Lenoir (Renew), Laurence Farreng (Renew), Christophe Grudler (Renew), Stéphane Bijoux (Renew), Dominique Riquet (Renew), Pascal Canfin (Renew), Marie-Pierre Vedrenne (Renew), Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Renew), Valérie Hayer (Renew), Sandro Gozi (Renew), Catherine Chabaud (Renew)

The attack against teacher Samuel Paty in France shows that the terrorist threat persists. Samuel Paty died for teaching a fundamental European value – that of freedom of expression.

His assassin consumed and produced illegal online terrorist content and harmful online content that circulated freely on social media, despite the code of conduct for online platforms.

Will the Commission conduct a case study in order to draw up a list of measures in the code of conduct which were not applied by the platforms in the specific case of the Conflans attack, and to highlight the limits of a code based on voluntary action on their part?

What measures does the Commission intend to include in its legislative proposal on the Digital Services Act to commit online platforms to dealing with the dissemination of illegal and harmful online content?

It also appears that the Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF), an association based in France, supports a form of radical Islamism that is incompatible with fundamental European values. However, the CCIF has received the support of the Commission. No EU funds should be paid, or sponsorship given, to associations that violate the fundamental values of our Union.