Almost 4.7 million zloty was used to pay for adverts relating to a referendum that the former PiS government called in 2023.
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Polish TV will not show Russian and Belarusian athletes at Winter Paralympics opening ceremony
“Sport cannot justify violence, killing and violations of human rights,” says TVP.
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TikTok deletes Polish far-right leader’s videos following complaint by anti-racism group
One video related to Grzegorz Braun’s attack on a Jewish religious celebration in parliament.
Poland hopes to introduce measures blocking children from social media this year
The digital affairs ministry says that it is working on tools allowing users’ ages to be verified.
Poland calls for EU action against AI-generated TikTok videos calling for “Polexit”
“There is no doubt that this was Russian disinformation,” says the government’s spokesman.
“Poland’s Fox News”: how Republika has transformed the country’s media landscape
Agata Pyka
The arrival of a more liberal government helped take the conservative broadcaster to the top of the news ratings.
The “Heweliusz Effect”: Netflix’s biggest-ever Polish production added 78m zloty to economy, finds report
The series has quickly become one of Netflix’s most-watched non-English titles.
Former Auschwitz prisoner can sue German publisher for writing “Polish death camp”, rules court
Stanisław Zalewski, a former member of the Polish underground resistance who turned 100 this year, has fought a long-running legal battle.
Norwegian state TV apologises for calling Polish Independence March “Nazi”
NRK admitted that using the term was a “mistake”.
Polish journalists fined for “unauthorised” publication of emailed statements
Polish press law requires authorisation for verbatim quotes, but the reporters argue it was unnecessary since the statement was published word for word.
Polish culture ministry sets out plan for “depoliticising” public media
It also wants to replace the television licence fee with direct state funding of public media.
Public media carried out “systematic repression of civil society” under former government, finds report
The report will be sent to the prosecutor’s office for assessment of whether there are grounds for initiating criminal proceedings.
Proportion of Poles who trust public media rises but remains a minority
However, the proportion of Poles who trust public media (35%) is still far outweighed by those who distrust it (48%).
Google rejects Poland’s complaints over Israel’s “manipulated” YouTube videos about Gaza
The YouTube videos published by Israel’s embassy cast doubt on reports of starvation in Gaza.
