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WARSAW, Poland, February 4, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — The proposed Polish law to curb social media censorship of legal speech will prohibit even shadow banning, with a maximum fine of over $2 million.
In a recent interview with Breitbart London, Poland’s Deputy Minister of Justice Sebastian Kaleta stated that users will be told when a social media company tries to minimize their visibility on its platform.
“Every time an algorithm is used to limit reach, the user will be informed if and why his reach is being limited,” Kaleta said. He added that “the process of using algorithms to suppress particular views, as long as they do not break Polish law, [will] be regulated.”
Social media companies that break Poland’s freedom of speech law “will be fined.”
According to Breitbart, Kaleta responded to conservative misgivings about demanding free speech rights on Big Tech platforms (because they belong to “private companies”) by pointing out that there are already laws regarding business practices.
“Since we have laws regarding banking, telecommunications, the armaments industry, and many other fields, we should also regulate Big Tech,”
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