Poland presses Big Tech for more radical measures against Russian Disinformation

Poland is urging Big Tech to take stronger action against Russian disinformation by cutting off the Russian foreign ministry’s access to social media platforms, as the Kremlin has turned to its embassies to spread propaganda after the ban on state-sponsored media outlets. Poland’s digital secretary of state believes more radical measures are necessary to combat this issue, stating that current efforts by social media platforms are insufficient.

After the EU banned state-sponsored Russian media outlets, the Kremlin started increasingly relying on its embassies’ accounts to share its propaganda. Poland’s digital secretary of state, Janusz Cieszyński, expressed there is a need for more radical action to cut the Russian foreign ministry’s access to popular social media platforms. Social media platforms have recently tried to curb the reach of Russian diplomatic messages. In fact, Facebook and Twitter had announced company policies to tackle Kremlin-linked disinformation earlier this year, but Poland is not satisfied with the results. Cieszyński stated that the EU should do more in terms of applying pressure on these platforms to get state-sponsored disinformation off them.