European Parliament · 14 December 2021

REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on combating gender-based violence: cyberviolence

Adopted

513 in favour · 122 against · 58 abstained. 693 members voted.

What it asks for, in the Parliament's words

• Calls on the Commission and Member States to expand the scope of hate speech to include sexist hate speech
• Urges the Commission to use the upcoming directive to criminalise gender-based cyberviolence, as a cornerstone for the harmonisation of existing and future legal acts
• Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure a proper application of the Directive 2011/93/EU in order to raise awareness and reduce the risk of children becoming victims of online sexual abuse or exploitation

Quoted from A9-0338/2021, which says more than these lines. Each is a whole paragraph; this site does not rewrite them.

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Check it at the European Parliament

• Roll-call results, 14 December 2021
• Minutes of the sitting
• Procedure file A9-0338/2021
• Open data record for the sitting