Resolutions booklet in English - European Youth Parliament

Helsinki, October - November 2009
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION BY
THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL MARKET AND
CONSUMER PROTECTION I
With concerns over increasing government control of Internet: how should
European countries organise the governance of Internet in the future?
Submitted by: Ioana Alistar (RO), Filip Bedka (PL), Florian Bodamer (AT), Raffaella Cecilia
(IT), Başak Etkin (TR), Dmytro Grama (UA), Sophie Debrunner Hall (CH),
Lucía Laorden Camacho (ES), Alexander Mondy (BE), Erik Müürsepp (EE),
Eleni Polychroniadou (GR), Prestel Sokolo (FR), Yiannos Vakis (CY), Noah
Walker-Crawford (DE), Tiago Correia Machado (Chairperson, PT)
The European Youth Parliament,
A. Taking into account that the rapid growth of the Internet in content and in number of users
– from 750 million in 2005 to over 1 billion in 2009 – renders Internet governance
increasingly difficult,
B. Acknowledging the variety of national eLegislations co-existing across Europe,
C. Deeply concerned by the increase of governmental censorship of Internet,
D. Fully alarmed by the violation of human rights – such as access to information – due to
circumstances of governmental censorship,
E. Recognising the significance of various institutions dealing with matters of Internet
governance namely:
i) the Internet Governance Forum (IGF),
ii) the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN),
iii) the European Network and Information Society Agency (ENISA),
iv) the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG),
F. Viewing with appreciation the growing independence of ICANN from the US Department
of Commerce,
G. Noting the private ownership of web content to be increasing thus creating obstacles to a
comprehensive governing of the Internet,
H. Alarmed by the Telecommunications Data Retention (TDR) legislation,
I. Deeply concerned about the ownership of the personal information of the users by Internetbased
companies – particularly social networking sites,
J. Concerned about the high increase of cybercrime inter alia data theft, spam, cyberfraud,
viruses and hacking,
K. Noting the difficulty of controlling illegal online content such as:
a) child pornography,
b) extreme violence,
c) websites promoting racism;