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Poland Will Fine Social Media Platforms Up To $2M For Censoring Any Speech That Is Legal
Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said the aim of the bill was to give internet users the feeling that their rights are protected and that their posts cannot be arbitrarily removed from online platforms:
The full name of the bill is the law on freedom of expressing one’s own views and searching and disseminating information on the internet.
Under its provisions, social media services will not be...
Bitcoin shoots past $43,000 as Tesla announces plan to start accepting cryptocurrency
The largest cryptocurrency, bitcoin, surged to a record high of near $44,000 on Monday following the news that Tesla has invested $1.5 billion in the digital asset and expects to start accepting it as payment.
Bitcoin soared almost ten percent as of 13:44 GMT to trade at $43,969, closing in on an all-time high reached in early January.
US electric car maker Tesla confirmed on Monday in its annual...
EU Launches Unprecedented Censure Process Against Poland
The European Union has triggered Article 7 against Poland, a procedure that could result in sanctions targeting Warsaw. The EU says Poland has violated democratic values with proposed judiciary reform.
The European Union’s executive body triggered Article 7 of the EU treaty, branded the “nuclear option,” against Poland on Wednesday. It has been triggered for the first time since the foundation...
Poland Tells EU: No, We Won’t Take Your Fake Refugees
The Polish government has told the European Union that they will not take in any of the “redistributed” nonwhites pretending to be refugees from Greece or Italy as that plan only aggravates the invasion problem and does not solve it.
Reacting to the EU’s threat last week that Poland—and Hungary—would face unspecified sanctions unless they agreed to take part in the “redistribution” of...
EU starts democracy breach probe into Poland’s new laws
The European Commission has launched a “rule-of-law” investigation into Poland’s new legislation concerning its Constitutional court and media. The probe could eventually lead to the suspension of the country’s voting rights within the European Union.
On Wednesday, the Commission decided to carry out a preliminary assessment of the controversial laws recently adopted in Poland that, according...