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(English version) Question for written answer E-003192/20 to the Commission Pina Picierno (S&D), Irene Tinagli (S&D), Patrizia Toia (S&D), Massimiliano Smeriglio (S&D), Elisabetta Gualmini (S&D), Pierfrancesco Majorino (S&D), Giuliano Pisapia (S&D), Paolo De Castro (S&D), Alessandra Moretti (S&D) (26 May 2020) Subject: Facebook shuts down profile of journalist Mariano Giustino Mariano Giustino is a freelance Italian journalist who, since 2004, has covered Turkey's domestic and foreign policy (he has lived there since 2010), its relations with Europe and the geopolitical importance of Turkey’s Kurdish minority. On 16 April 2020, Facebook — without warning or justification — shut down the journalist’s personal profile after he posted a story about members of the terrorist organisation ‘Grey Wolves’ being released from prison as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Shutting down his profile means archiving an informed first-hand account of recent events in Turkey. The act deprives Europe of knowledge from a source who often reports on historical events before the national and international media. The shutdown also suggests a tangible threat to his personal and professional safety, since, in Turkey, such acts are often performed under pressure from the authorities and are a harbinger of harsher repression to come. Can the Commission clarify: 1. whether it is aware of these facts; 2. what measures it intends to take to address the growing media censorship in Turkey; and 3. what measures it intends to take to address the influence of authoritarian regimes on social networks? Answer given by Mr Várhelyi on behalf of the European Commission (4 August 2020) The Commission is aware of the situation mentioned by the Honourable Members. In its 2019 Report on Turkey (1), the Commission expressed growing concerns about the continued backsliding in Turkey in the areas of fundamental rights and freedom of expression in recent years. The high number of arrests of journalists, ongoing and new criminal cases against journalists, writers and social media users, the withdrawal of accreditations, as well as the closure of numerous media outlets, continue to be of serious concern. The Commission regularly raises these issues in the context of its policy dialogue with the Turkish authorities. During the Association Council held on 15 March 2019, the EU emphasised once again the deeply worrying backsliding on the rule of law and fundamental rights, especially the freedom of expression, and called on Turkey to safeguard fundamental freedoms. It also raised it during the relevant sub-committees and in its bilateral contacts with the Turkish authorities. The Commission is closely monitoring the situation of journalists and other critical voices, as well as the overall situation of freedom of expression in Turkey. The Commission’s assessment will be reflected in its next annual report on Turkey to be published in autumn 2020. |(⋅1∙|) https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/sites/near/files/20190529-turkey-report.pdf .

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