Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-07-03-Speech-3-291"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-07-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Combating racism and xenophobia2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020703.9.3-291"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-07-03-Speech-3-2922
lpv:speaker	lp:Olga Zrihen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (2001-04-06--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2001-04-06--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the impact and the development of the use of digital networks and the Internet – which we can only welcome, I hasten to add – have also provided new scope for the communication of racist and xenophobic messages. This proliferation is encouraged by a sense of impunity deriving from the perception that such offences are merely virtual acts performed in cyberspace. It is true that the Internet offers a public platform for everyone to express opinions. But some people, as they sit in front of their computers, seem to forget the public dimension of their words or actions and their necessary accountability for the material they communicate. The international dimension, the increasingly numerous intermediaries and the anonymity of the Internet have obviously encouraged and deepened the impression that cyberspace enjoys some sort of extraterritorial immunity from the law. While cyberspace is virtual, criminal liability for offences committed there is real. It is clear that if the Internet is to be counted among the instruments of free expression, if it wants to enjoy corresponding rights, it must be accompanied by the fulfilment of all obligations. And if this tool, which transcends frontiers, is to contribute to the emancipation of societies, of its ‘cybercitizens’, it must not on any account be allowed to exploit the loopholes resulting from insufficient coordination of national policies to become a law unto itself or, to put it another way, to frustrate the efforts of the European Union to function as an area of peace, security and justice. Thank you, Commissioner, for this proposal, which the report is intended to reaffirm. In short, it is not a matter of ordering action but of encouraging it."@en1

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