Věra Jourová

Věra Jourová    (teacher, politician, businesswoman, lawyer)
Born	1964-08-18 Třebíč, Czechoslovakia
Alma mater	Charles University
Children	2
Party	ANO 2011
European Commissioner for Justice Consumers and Gender Equality  In office 1 November 2014 - Present  Minister of Regional Development In office 29 January 2014 - 8 October 2014  Member of Parliament for Vysočina Region In office 26 October 2013 - 21 October 2014  Member of the Chamber of Deputies In office 26 October 2013 - 21 October 2014

Věra Jourová is the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality. She has demanded that tech companies censor their content, or the EU would introduce legal restrictions.

"Fake News"

Full article: “Fake News”

She told the Financial Times "If Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft want to convince me and the ministers that the non-legislative approach can work, they will have to act quickly and make a strong effort in the coming months... The last weeks and months have shown that social media companies need to live up to their important role and take up their share of responsibility when it comes to phenomena like online radicalisation, illegal hate speech or fake news."

“Disinformation waves have hit Europe during the Coronavirus pandemic. They originated from within as well as outside the EU. To fight disinformation, we need to mobilise all relevant players from online platforms to public authorities, and support independent fact checkers and media. While online platforms have taken positive steps during the pandemic, they need to step up their efforts. Our actions are strongly embedded in fundamental rights, in particular freedom of expression and information.”
Věra Jourová (10 June 2020) 

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Brussels Forum/2024	18 April 2024	19 April 2024	Belgium Brussels Hotel Le Plaza	Annual spooky get-together of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the very spooky German Marshall Fund.
Munich Security Conference/2020	14 February 2020	16 February 2020	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers."
Munich Security Conference/2024	16 February 2024	18 February 2024	Germany Munich Bavaria	Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects
StratCom DC 2019	23 October 2019	24 October 2019	Washington DC	Spooky conference arranged by the powerful Atlantic Council to discuss how to expand censorship

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