Article Case challenging Meta’s arbitrary removal of Polish NGO’s accounts finally in court The first court hearing in the case between a Polish NGO and Meta took place before the Warsaw District Court on 7 February 2023. The hearing was conducted almost four years after the organisation sued the internet giant for deleting its accounts and groups without a prior warning or an explanation. 13.03.2023 Text
Article Poland adopted a controversial anti-terrorism law On 22 June, Polish president signed a new anti-terrorism law. The law contains measures that are inconsistent with the Polish Constitution and with the European Convention on Human Rights. The list of controversies is long: foreigners’ phone calls might be wire-tapped without a court order, and police might collect their fingerprints, biometric photos and DNA if their identity is “doubtful”. Online content might be blocked, citizens' freedom of assembly limited, and secret services are given free access to all public databases. 22.06.2016 Text
other Ursula von der Leyen: Protect people, nature, and democracy in EU regulations We, the undersigned civil society and trade union organisations, urge the European Commission to uphold rules that protect health, nature, climate, and social justice, including workers’ and trade union rights. 13.01.2025
other Panoptykon’s opinion to the art. 11a of the draft law implementing the DSA (dated December 13, 2024) We are concerned that the procedure proposed in the draft law for the issuance of orders preventing access to content by the President of the Office of Electronic Communications does not guarantee adequate protection of the fundamental rights of internet users, and as a result 15.01.2025
Article 6 years in court fighting against arbitrary censorship. What about user empowerment promised by the DSA? In March 2024, the District Court in Warsaw ruled that Meta Ireland Inc. must restore the pages and content published by the Polish CSO, Civil Drug Policy Initiative (SIN), on Instagram and Facebook. 07.05.2025 Text