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Beautiful Christmas cards of yesteryear tell fascinating story of defiance to communist-era censorship

This Christmas scene by Hanna Balicka-Fribes shows the Star of Bethlehem, a religious symbol overlooked by the communist authorities. Gdynia City Museum

The beautiful cards depict what today we would consider fairly traditional seasonal scenes. But within the context of their times, depicting religious themes and symbols was revolutionary.

Website created by Polish hackers penetrates Russia's wall of censorship

A website developed by Polish programmers allows anyone anywhere in the world to message cellphones and email addresses of random Russian individuals and companies, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Spanish portal hails Polish example in social media censorship fight

Right-wing Spanish portal La Gaceta has hailed the Polish government as being fearless in the face of powerful social media companies due a bill aimed at tackling ideological censorship online.

Iconic 1980’s satire ‘Miś’ premiered 39 years ago today

Depicting the absurdity of life under communism, the film by director Stansiław Bareja premiered on 4th May 1981 and remains a part of popular culture up to today.

Nice try but no cigar, says man suing Facebook for censorship

In an article in the Washington Examiner, Świrski explained that in November 2016, he was trying to find information about the Independence March in Warsaw, but found that Facebook had suspended the accounts of the organisers.

Copyright directive a threat to online freedom of speech

Poland has charged the EU's copyright directive to the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) on grounds of its threats to freedom of speech on the internet, Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz informed on Friday.

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Using the social media platform to teach young people who don’t want to read books, Tova Friedman said: “Here they are, listening.”

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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