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Re:Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts i... by jopsen on Thursday January 14, 2021 @04:27AM (#25774111)
> they can ban those platforms from the country completely.

Can they do that without leaving the EU?

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Re:Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts i... by pelliphant on Thursday January 14, 2021 @04:36AM (#25774177)
It would go against eu-law, but they can still do it, it haven't stopped them before....
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Re:Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts i... by jopsen on Sunday January 17, 2021 @03:54AM (#25809259)
Yeah, my point is that if you start messing with free of speech, I think other EU countries will have a lot less patience.

So far, they've mostly been messing around with environmental rulings, etc. not so much fundamental freedoms.

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