Tusk summarizes Nawrocki's decision bitterly. "The victims are children"

“This cannot be justified in any way.”

On Friday, President Karol Nawrocki vetoed the government amendment implementing the Digital Services Act (DSA). The purpose of the changes was to introduce a procedure that would make it possible to quickly issue orders limiting access to infringing content on the Internet.

"Haters, Russian troll farms, pedophiles, extreme nihilists and lobbyists are happy with the presidential veto. The victims of this veto are Polish children, parents, the safety of all citizens. This cannot be justified in any way," the head of government wrote on Saturday on Platform X.

Tusk also commented on the president's decision on Friday, writing that it is difficult to imagine a more important issue that - as he said - should unite beyond political divisions than the protection of children against internet criminals.

Nawrocki: I will not succumb to blackmail

Justifying the decision to veto the amendment, the president stated that he would not succumb to blackmail from those in power, especially if security and freedom were to be held hostage. He added that the state now has the opportunity to protect society in this regard.

She was also concerned about the president's veto, among others. State Commission for Counteracting Sexual Exploitation of Minors Under 15. In its opinion, the veto means "postponing the implementation of important mechanisms to protect the youngest Internet users."

She added that the act provided for solutions that "could actually strengthen this protection", including: more effective response of platforms to illegal content and blocking it, mechanisms for verifying the age of users and assessing the risk associated with the functioning of online platforms and services.

The vetoed act was one of two amendments to the Act on the provision of electronic services and certain other acts from the beginning of the year prepared in response to the presidential veto.