(ANSA-AFP) - WARSAW, JAN 15 - Poland's government said Friday
it was working on new legislation to limit the power of social
media platforms like Facebook or Twitter to delete content or
ban users. Under the draft rules, sites will only be allowed to
do so if posts break Polish law. The proposed legislation
provides for the creation of a five-member "freedom of speech
council" tasked with reviewing complaints by social media users
whose accounts have been blocked or had content removed. "The
law will provide tools guaranteeing the basic freedoms and
liberties of Polish citizens on the internet," Justice Minister
Zbigniew Ziobro told reporters in Warsaw. The new legal
framework would require "global players" to respect Polish law,
he said, adding that "today social media decide for themselves
what content will be censored." Parliament would appoint the
members of the future council for six-year terms and politicians
would not be eligible, he said. "The council will protect the
constitutional right to exercise freedom of speech on all social
media operating in Poland," the minister said. (ANSA-AFP).
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