{"id":349830,"date":"2026-01-03T11:20:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T11:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/349830\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T11:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T11:20:25","slug":"poland-calls-for-eu-action-against-ai-generated-tiktok-videos-calling-for-polexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/349830\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland calls for EU action against AI-generated TikTok videos calling for \u201cPolexit\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\tKeep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work!<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57162 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/support.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"97\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 275px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 275\/97;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Notes from Poland is run by a <a href=\"https:\/\/notesfrompoland.com\/about-us\/#editor-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">small editorial team<\/a> and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Polish government has asked the European Union to take action against TikTok in response to AI-generated videos calling for Poland to leave the European Union. It says that \u201cthere is no doubt this is Russian disinformation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Res Futura Data House, a Polish information security analysis group, has recently shared examples of videos from a TikTok account that contain AI-generated videos of young women wearing Polish national symbols and addressing messages to young Poles.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the videos express support for so-called \u201cPolexit\u201d from the EU. Others criticise the pro-EU government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. The channel\u2019s profile description also included an anti-EU slogan associated with Polish <a href=\"https:\/\/notesfrompoland.com\/2025\/12\/08\/trial-of-polish-far-right-leader-for-attacking-jewish-celebration-in-parliament-begins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">radical-right leader Grzegorz Braun<\/a>, who supports Polexit.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"pl\" dir=\"ltr\">Wszystko szyte pod algorytm i skrypty pro <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Polexit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Polexit<\/a> made by AI <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6t9NmhJBFc\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/6t9NmhJBFc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Res Futura Data House (@Polityka_wSieci) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Polityka_wSieci\/status\/2005202229133975928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, deputy digital affairs minister Dariusz Standerski noted that, \u201cin recent days, TikTok has seen a surge of videos generated using AI, spreading disinformation regarding Poland\u2019s membership in the European Union. The scale of this practice may suggest that we are dealing with an organised campaign\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Government spokesman Adam Sz\u0142apka, meanwhile, declared that \u201cthere is no doubt that this was Russian disinformation\u201d. He noted that some of the texts spoken in the video contained Russian syntax.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Standerski also shared a copy of a letter he had sent to Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission for tech sovereignty, security and democracy, requesting that she initiate proceedings against TikTok under the EU\u2019s Digital Services Act (DSA).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, he argued that the videos \u201cpose a threat to public order, information security, and the integrity of democratic processes in Poland and across the European Union\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAvailable information suggests that TikTok has not implemented adequate mechanisms for moderating AI-generated content,\u201d added the minister, \u201cnor has it ensured effective transparency measures regarding the origin of such materials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This \u201cundermines the objectives of the Digital Services Act concerning the prevention of disinformation and the protection of users\u201d. The DSA is an EU regulation that went into force in 2022 and aims to regulate the accountability, moderation and transparency of digital services.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, social media platform X became the first to be<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_25_2934\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> found not to be in compliance<\/a> with the DSA, resulting in it being fined \u20ac120 million by the European Commission.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"pl\" dir=\"ltr\">Interweniuj\u0119 ws. Tiktoka \u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>W ostatnich dniach na TikToku nast\u0105pi\u0142 prawdziwy wysyp filmik\u00f3w generowanych za pomoc\u0105 AI, siej\u0105cych dezinformacj\u0119 ws. cz\u0142onkostwa Polski w Unii Europejskiej. Skala tego procederu mo\u017ce sugerowa\u0107, \u017ce mamy do czynienia ze zorganizowan\u0105 akcj\u0105. Zwr\u00f3ci\u0142em\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U4S2sX1jm4\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/U4S2sX1jm4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dariusz Standerski (@DStanderski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DStanderski\/status\/2006014415372476727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The channel sharing the AI-generated videos has now been removed from TikTok after numerous complaints against it by individual users, reports news website Interia.<\/p>\n<p>Investigative news service Konkret24 notes that the channel had existed since May 2023 but previously operated under a different name and posted videos in English unrelated to Poland. Only on 13 December 2025 did it change its name to a Polish one and begin publishing the videos about Polexit.<\/p>\n<p>Recent opinion polls have indicated <a href=\"https:\/\/notesfrompoland.com\/2025\/12\/22\/quarter-of-poles-now-favour-leaving-eu-finds-new-poll\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">growing support for Polexit<\/a>, with two surveys this month showing that 25% of Poles now think that their country should leave the EU. However, a majority still favour remaining in the bloc.<\/p>\n<p>Growing anti-EU sentiment has coincided with a <a href=\"https:\/\/notesfrompoland.com\/2025\/12\/17\/poll-shows-party-of-polish-far-right-leader-grzegorz-braun-rising-to-third-place\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rise in support for Braun<\/a>, who finished a surprise fourth in this year\u2019s presidential election, and his Confederation of the Polish Crown (KKP) party.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A quarter of Poles now favour leaving the EU, a much higher figure than before, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n<p>Among supporters of the right-wing opposition, 43% now favour &#8220;Polexit&#8221; while 44% want to remain in the EU <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UHyHDwygnN\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/UHyHDwygnN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Notes from Poland \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 (@notesfrompoland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/notesfrompoland\/status\/2003078128131088683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57162 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/support.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"97\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 275px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 275\/97;\"\/><br \/>Notes from Poland is run by a <a href=\"https:\/\/notesfrompoland.com\/about-us\/#editor-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">small editorial team<\/a> and published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6s83J95K_400x400.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 100px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 100\/100;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Tilles is editor-in-chief of\u00a0Notes from Poland. He has written on Polish affairs for a wide range of publications, including\u00a0Foreign Policy,\u00a0POLITICO Europe,\u00a0EUobserver\u00a0and\u00a0Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work! 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