Alerts | Censorship and regulation

Poland bans one Belarusian and one Russian TV channel

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The National Broadcasting Council of Poland banned Belarusian TV channel Belarus 24. The National Broadcasting Council chairman Witold Kołodziejski said the channel “threatens the security if the Polish state” in the context of the war in Ukraine. Russia’s First Channel was also added to the list of Russian TV channels banned in Poland.

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