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Poland wants to end political censorship online


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2021 Jun 10, 5:29pm   435 views  15 comments

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https://reclaimthenet.org/poland-is-working-on-a-bill-to-ban-political-censorship-online/


Polish legislators are working on a bill that would make it illegal for online platforms to censor content that does not break Poland’s laws.

“Today, who sets these rules is really the master of destiny for society and for nation-states,” Morawiecki said in a recent interview with Newsweek. “So today, platforms and communication networks and intellectual property are even more important than the land and the buildings and the technology assembly lines and all the materials that go into creating these digital realms.”

The PM argued for a new approach focused on protecting the power of governments, as well as the well-being of society, accounting for the way the internet and social media has transformed the social, political, and economic environment.

“These dynamics do not make it easier to grasp the elements of the moving parts of the complicated interdependent economic jigsaw puzzle that is our modern age,” Morawiecki said.

“And this is why it is so much more difficult to understand who sets the rules today, because it is no longer the governments that can have this competence over the setting of the rules.

“Huge international corporations in the area of the digital world, in particular, are setting the rules very often that are suitable for themselves, which may not always be a social good.

“This is another form of dominance over the rest of the sectors they operate in, but it may also create dominance over other areas of the lives of citizens in a society.

“And this is why states should now be very active in eliminating censorship and eliminating monopolistic powers of those companies, as well. And this is one of the reasons we started to work on this anti-censorship regulation.”

Morawiecki and members of his political party PiS (Law and Justice Party) are pushing for the introduction of a new legislation to push back against Big Tech. They recently proposed a bill that would allow the government to fine social media companies for censoring legal speech in Poland. Additionally, the legislation would allow social media users in Poland to appeal censorship they deem unfair to the Free Speech Council, which will be formed when the bill passes. A social media platform found guilty of removing legal speech could be fined as much as $13.35 million.

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1   Hircus   2021 Jun 10, 6:35pm  

fuck ya
2   BayArea   2021 Jun 10, 7:21pm  

Absolutely awesome!
3   Misc   2021 Jun 10, 7:48pm  

Now all we need is for one State government in the US to do the same.
4   FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden   2021 Jun 10, 8:01pm  

They won’t do that here. Too friendly with that club.
5   Patrick   2021 Jun 10, 10:34pm  

Some of the red states might.
6   BayArea   2021 Jun 11, 6:12am  

Why is Poland so awesome, why are their balls so big?
7   zzyzzx   2021 Jun 11, 7:17am  

Misc says
Now all we need is for one State government in the US to do the same.


8   Patrick   2021 Jun 11, 10:18am  

BayArea says
Why is Poland so awesome, why are their balls so big?


I think it's because of their very hard history of being alternately invaded by the Germans and the Russians. Now that they are free of both, they are determined to really be free.
9   ajlyg   2021 Jun 24, 3:52pm  

Here's a great vid on censorship and section 230 in the US https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBzUK6ytU1k
10   BayArea   2021 Jun 25, 5:53am  

Patrick says
BayArea says
Why is Poland so awesome, why are their balls so big?


I think it's because of their very hard history of being alternately invaded by the Germans and the Russians. Now that they are free of both, they are determined to really be free.


I think you combine that with very fresh taste of communism and you have a country that 100% prioritizes freedom over feelings/PC
11   Patrick   2021 Jun 26, 1:04pm  

https://reclaimthenet.org/twitter-censors-matt-hancock-term/

Twitter censors UK hypocrite Health Secretary “Matt Hancock” from Photos and Videos search amid public scandal over affair and social distancing breach...

The UK’s Health Secretary is currently embroiled in controversy after being caught on CCTV in a secret affair with an aide. The leaked CCTV footage shows Matt Hancock breaching social distancing guidelines and engaging in kissing and an embrace with his aide Gina Coladangelo. Hancock has been married to his wife Martha for 15 years and the couple have three children together.

Yet, while the video has caused national outrage at the hypocrisy of the Health Secretary, the video itself is suddenly harder to find on Twitter as the platform has censored the term Matt Hancock from its photos and videos search.



12   BayArea   2021 Jun 26, 1:53pm  

Who is the woman
13   Patrick   2021 Jun 26, 3:25pm  

"his aide Gina Coladangelo"
14   Patrick   2021 Jul 6, 9:23pm  

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9760895/Polish-brewery-sparks-outrage-new-beer-called-White-IPA-Matters.html

Polish brewery sparks outrage with new beer called White IPA Matters and advert featuring black barman drinking it in US-themed bar
The Mentzen brewery, owned by right-wing politician Slawomir Mentzen, has been flooded with complaints by people claiming the commercial is racist
It features a black man cleaning glasses at a bar before he is given a beer
He takes a sip of White IPA Matters and announces: 'This is what I needed'


I admire the audacity of this. And you have to admit it's excellent marketing. Lots of free press.
15   BayArea   2021 Jul 7, 6:33am  

Woke outrage and free press sells much beer

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