‘We need free speech’: protests erupt across Poland over controversial media bill

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‘We need free speech’: protests erupt across Poland over controversial media bill
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The bill, yet to be signed into law, would tighten rules around foreign ownership of media

Protesters march in Krakow on Sunday to demand Poland’s head of state veto a law they say would limit media freedoms in the country.Protesters march in Krakow on Sunday to demand Poland’s head of state veto a law they say would limit media freedoms in the country.Mon 20 Dec 2021 02.29 GMT

, specifically affecting the ability of news channel TVN24, owned by US media company Discovery Inc, to operate. “This is not just about one channel,” the Warsaw mayor and a former opposition candidate for president, Rafal Trzaskowski, told the crowd on Sunday. “In a moment [there will be] censorship of the internet, an attempt to extinguish all independent sources of information – but we will not allow that to happen.”

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