Poland Set To Outlaw Arbitrary Social Media Bans and Post Removals
  • 3 years ago
Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro is working on a draft law that might create an anti-censorship regime for social media platforms operating in Poland. Failing to reinstate legal posts despite formal judicial review could carry hefty fines between 50,000 and 50 million Zloty (currently around $13,300 and $13.3 million).

After the platform does not respond positively to the users complaint, he can digitally file a 'court petition' which leads to a legal review of his post. If the judge upholds the legality of the post and the platform does not react, the case will go to a newly created 'free speech council' that has the power to mete out the penalties.

sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55678502
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/14/poland-plans-to-make-censoring-of-social-media-accounts
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