Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea del 12/7/2024 - Comunicaciones e Informaciones
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Source: Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea - Comunicaciones e Informaciones
Official Journal of the European Union
EN
C series
C/2024/4052
12.7.2024
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee Safeguarding Democracy Against Disinformation own-initiative opinion C/2024/4052
Rapporteurs: John COMER
Carlos Manuel TRINDADE
1.
Advisors
Frank ALLEN for Mr COMER
Paulo PENA for Mr TRINDADE
Plenary Assembly decision
13.12.2023
Legal basis
Rule 522 of the Rules of Procedure
Section responsible
Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society
Adopted in section
4.4.2024
Adopted at plenary session
24.4.2024
Plenary session No
587
Outcome of vote for/against/abstentions
161/0/2
Conclusions and recommendations
1.1. In this opinion, the European Economic and Social Committee EESC is concerned with the scope and spread of disinformation campaigns across the European Union before the 2024 elections. This is a follow on from its previous opinions about the Action Plan against Disinformation 1 2.
1.2. Calls on the European institutions for an urgent reflection about the factors that still allow disinformation and misinformation to jeopardise free public speech and to instil a polarised debate where hate prevails over factual information.
1.3. Proposes that the European Commission, Council and all the Member States engage in a multi-factor strategy that reinforces all the previous measures to fight disinformation, strengthening the regulations to prevent the use of digital platforms by organised fake identities; allowing citizens to choose how they use social media and digital platforms without the current monopoly of surveillance capitalism 3 methods and; take common action to ensure the quality and the pluralism that journalism needs to be the first defence against disinformation.
1.4. Given that all the technological means exist to fight disinformation, an articulated strategy is needed and should include all the different dangers we face online, disinformation, hybrid threats and cyber security. This articulated strategy must be taken with full respect for our core democratic values, such as freedom of expression. Private interests cannot overlap the public.
1 OJ C 228, 5.7.2019, p. 89.
2 OJ C 152, 6.4.2022, p. 72.
3 Zuboff, Shoshana The Age of Surveillance Capitalism The fight for a human future at the new frontier of power Profile Books Ltd, 2019.
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