From The Next Web · Ana-Maria Stanciuc · · 1m
Poland demands tech platforms remove violent content
After school knife attacks, Poland summoned Google, Meta, TikTok, Discord and Telegram to remove illegal posts faster, threatening to name slow responders.
In brief
After school knife attacks, Poland summoned Google, Meta, TikTok, Discord and Telegram to remove illegal posts faster, threatening to name slow responders. Poland summoned major tech platforms after school knife attacks and told them to remove violent content faster, with the government preparing new laws to fine…
Poland summons tech platforms
Poland summoned Google, Meta, TikTok, Discord and Telegram on Friday to remove violent content after knife attacks at schools. Elon Musk's X was invited but did not attend.
Attacks and removal failures
Knife attacks over four days last week in Ostrołęka near Wyszków and Warsaw killed a school employee and injured around fifteen people.Between seven and twelve October, Polish authorities flagged eighty nine posts as illegal.
New law and enforcement threat
Poland is rushing through a law putting the EU's Digital Services Act into effect, allowing authorities to order illegal content removed immediately and fine platforms millions of złoty.
“All of them should disappear immediately.”
The bottom line
Poland summoned major tech platforms after school knife attacks and told them to remove violent content faster, with the government preparing new laws to fine platforms that fail to act.
