The government declares war on the haters. Lawsuits will keep pouring in
The Sejm has started work on a bill aimed at combating hate on the Internet. It doesn’t matter that we don’t know the details of the person who insults us. We’ll be able to sue her anyway.
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Today (November 7), the Polish Sejm will hold the first reading of the draft amendment to the Code of Civil Procedure, whose authors are MPs from Poland 2050. In practice, it is intended to make it easier to fight online haters – Rzeczpospolita reports.
The government is fighting haters
The draft amendment to the Act introduces, among others, the institution of the so-called blind lawsuit. It is known, among others, in American law, and now it may also be introduced in Poland. It allows you to file a lawsuit for infringement of personal rights even when we do not know the defendant’s details. Until now, this was not possible and the defendant was obliged to provide the data of the person who violated personal rights.
After submitting such an application, it will be up to the court to determine the details of the defendant. For this purpose, he will be able to contact Internet service providers and telecommunications companies to provide appropriate information. These will have a specific time to provide them. If they do not do this, they will face penalties. This, of course, places new obligations on them, including storing information on servers.
A more advanced bill by PSL MPs, which was submitted at a later date, is also awaiting first reading. In addition to the institution of a blind lawsuit, it also introduces regulations regarding quick response to illegal content on the Internet when the perpetrator is known. In addition, it also introduces proceedings against service providers who do not remove such content.
