{"id":421,"date":"2026-02-09T03:25:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T03:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/421\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T03:25:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T03:25:29","slug":"polish-president-aligns-with-trump-to-block-brussels-big-tech-law-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/421\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish president aligns with Trump to block Brussels\u2019 Big Tech law \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nawrocki argued that while the bill\u2019s stated aim of protecting citizens \u2014 particularly minors \u2014 was legitimate, the Polish bill would grant excessive power to government officials over online content, resulting in \u201cadministrative censorship.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want this to be stated clearly: a situation in which what is allowed on the internet is decided by an official subordinate to the government resembles the construction of the Ministry of Truth from George Orwell\u2019s novel 1984,\u201d Nawrocki said in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prezydent.pl\/aktualnosci\/wydarzenia\/prezydent-podpisal-osiem-ustaw-trzy-zawetowal,112911#:~:text=Ustawa%20wdra%C5%BCaj%C4%85ca%20tzw,i%20m%C4%85drego%20uregulowania.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a> \u2014 echoing the U.S.&#8217;s stance on the law.<\/p>\n<p>Nawrocki also warned that allowing authorities to decide what constitutes truth or disinformation would erode freedom of expression \u201cstep by step.\u201d He called for a revised draft that would protect children while ensuring that disputes over online speech are settled by independent courts.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski dismissed Nawrocki\u2019s position, accusing the president of undermining online safety and siding with digital platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president has vetoed online safety,\u201d Gawkowski\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/broadcasts\/1BdGYZnYlAyJX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">told<\/a>\u00a0a press briefing Friday afternoon, arguing the law would have protected children from predators, families from disinformation and users from opaque algorithms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The minister also rejected Nawrocki\u2019s Orwellian comparisons, saying the bill explicitly relied on ordinary courts rather than officials to rule on online content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nawrocki argued that while the bill\u2019s stated aim of protecting citizens \u2014 particularly minors \u2014 was legitimate, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[462,18,463,464,465,466,404,467,468,469,470,471,472,177,85,473,474,475,87],"class_list":{"0":"post-421","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brussels","8":"tag-algorithms","9":"tag-brussels","10":"tag-consumer-policy","11":"tag-content-moderation","12":"tag-customs","13":"tag-data","14":"tag-data-protection","15":"tag-digital-services-act","16":"tag-donald-tusk","17":"tag-e-commerce","18":"tag-karol-nawrocki","19":"tag-online-advertising","20":"tag-platforms","21":"tag-poland","22":"tag-regulation","23":"tag-services","24":"tag-thierry-breton","25":"tag-transparency","26":"tag-united-states"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}