Poland bans “trash streams” with prison sentences for streamers who profit from violence & humiliation
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For some time now we have been talking about the need for the countries themselves to put limits on the content that can be shared and Poland was the first to take that step against one of the most controversial phenomena of all the Internet. The country has passed a new law that will allow to punish with prison sentences those streamers who obtain benefits by retransmitting violent acts, humiliations or degrading situations. A measure that repr…
Attempts to curb patostreaming in Poland began in 2018, but the first regulations providing for criminal liability for the phenomenon did not appear until several years later. On Friday, President Karol Nawrocki signed an amendment to the Penal Code, which criminalizes the dissemination of certain illegitimate content online. What is patostreaming? The name "patostream" comes from a combination of the words "pathology" and "stream." Patostreamin…
Karol Nawrocki has signed a bill banning patostreaming. The president also points out certain shortcomings that should be corrected. What does the patostreaming ban actually mean? Although the golden age of patostreaming is over, it's never too late for legal regulations. The majority of MPs (419) supported introducing changes to limit harmful online activity. Now the president has joined this group and signed the bill. He also made it clear tha…
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