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PAP signs up to anti-disinformation good practices code

The Polish Press Agency (PAP) has joined 10 other organisations and institutions in signing a Good Practices Code for combatting disinformation.

PAP's FakeHunter service celebrates two years

PAP's news verification service, FakeHunter, has been providing readers with accurate information for two years and showing "in black and white" what is true and false, PAP CEO Wojciech Surmacz has said, marking its second anniversary.

Russia targets Poland with disinformation, says security chief

Poland is the target of a Kremlin propaganda and misinformation campaign, the director of the country’s National Security Department has said.

PAP announces fake news hunting competition

Internet users in Poland will be able to test their fake news hunting skills in a special competition to be held under the auspices of the Polish Press Agency and the government's GovTech Polska new technology programme for the public sector.

From Poland with ‘love’: Gdynia woman joins Tinder to tell Russian men about Putin’s atrocities in Ukraine

Determined to combat disinformation in Russia, Kinga Szostko created a fake account  on the dating app and now deluges men who swipe right with photos of atrocities carried out by Russian troops.

European Alliance of News Agencies suspends TASS

The executive body of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) has unanimously decided to immediately suspend TASS, Russian leading news agency, from the alliance for not providing unbiased news.

PAP CEO calls for TASS to be expelled from industry body

PAP's CEO, Wojciech Surmacz, has called for the expulsion from the European Alliance of News Agencies of Russian news agency TASS, and appealed for a fight against disinformation.

Opposition leader outlines five threats of war in Ukraine

Donald Tusk, leader of Poland's main opposition party, Civic Platform (PO), has listed what he sees as the five threats of the war in Ukraine: Polish isolation, internal disputes, disinformation, chaos, and inactivity.

Polish far-right party banned by Facebook

Facebook has blocked the account of Confederation, a Polish far-right party with 11 MPs, for repeated breaches of its rules on hate speech, and disinformation about Covid-19.

IGF 2021: the development of Internet requires global cooperation

Access to the Internet, which facilitates communication, education, and the increase of professional skills, is gradually becoming one of the fundamental human rights. The development of networks in various parts of the world, freedom of speech, and the fight against disinformation were the subjects discussed during the third day of the UN Digital Summit, IGF 2021 in Katowice. 

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Scientists carrying out research into the once-a-decade International Stork Census found that in the last 10 years there has been a staggering 35.5 percent drop in stork numbers in southwest Poland.

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