### [2021-08-11](/feed/2021/08/11/index.md)

##### Poland
# Poland's Sejm votes 226–218 to pass a bill strengthen the country's ban on non-European Economic Area entities from owning a majority stake in its broadcast networks. The opposition, American politicians, and TVN24, whose ownership by American media company Discovery, Inc. is being targeted by the bill, criticize it as a restriction on free speech. It goes to the Senate for a final vote. 




### Sources:

1. [Bloomberg News](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-11/polish-lawmakers-back-media-law-that-seeks-to-oust-discovery)
2. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polish-govt-counting-majority-media-reform-says-spokesman-2021-08-11/)

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