Work on eliminating patostream from the Polish net is taking on pace. The Ministry of Digital Affairs in cooperation with the Justice and Education Ministry is presently developing the Law on the Protection of Minors on the Internet. The key component will be the very definition of what patostream is. This is what officials in ministries are focusing on right now.
Accelerate work on Law on the protection of minors online – He heard Polsat News from representatives of 3 ministries active in the case. It is about ministries of digitization, justice and national education. This is the consequence of the action of Polsat: "Not for the fights of the patocelebrites", informing about the request to regulate the issue of limiting the access of minors to akin content, including freak fights.
“We request to specify the “patostreams” precisely,” explained the Deputy Minister of Digitalism Michael Grammar in conversation with RMF. “On the 1 hand, so that no 1 accuses us of censorship, and on the other, so that we know precisely what content is involved”, he added.
The public proceeding – i.e. the first legislative phase of the Act – is to take place at the turn of February and March.
– We want to give the people a say on the bill. I hope that before the summertime we will complete the government consultation – he said Grammar. As he stressed, a fresh law The parliament can take care of before the summertime break.
The government is going to war with patostream. There will be changes in the law
Earlier work on changes in law announced Minister for Digitization Krzysztof Gawkowski in Polsat News. The politician talked about limiting minors access to harmful content on the network.
– We will present the first legislative acts showing how to limit the viewing of illegal or harmful content, including patostreams, by minors," he said.
SEE: Bat on patostreams. Krzysztof Gawkowski announces major changes
Gawkowski said his ministry wanted a clear indication, who should take work for the content harmful to the youngest.
He pointed out that in Poland these are, among others, "large platforms". – It is about the anticipation of verification, making it impossible to display them (harmful content – ed.) if they are illegal, but besides take work for removing them – he explained.
