![A protester holds a placard saying Free Media! during the protest. Several private TV and radio stations and web portals in Poland took themselves off the air on Wednesday in protest against A protester holds a placard saying Free Media! during the protest. Several private TV and radio stations and web portals in Poland took themselves off the air on Wednesday in protest against](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2EAX6K6/a-protester-holds-a-placard-saying-free-media!-during-the-protest-several-private-tv-and-radio-stations-and-web-portals-in-poland-took-themselves-off-the-air-on-wednesday-in-protest-against-a-proposed-media-advertising-tax-that-they-say-threatens-the-industrys-independence-and-its-diversity-of-views-in-place-of-their-usual-shows-the-outlets-ran-written-or-spoken-slogans-like-this-used-to-be-your-favourite-program-and-media-without-choice-in-the-evening-people-gathered-outside-the-tvp-info-polish-information-tv-headquarters-to-protest-the-planned-new-advertising-tax-that-they-view-as-2EAX6K6.jpg)
A protester holds a placard saying Free Media! during the protest. Several private TV and radio stations and web portals in Poland took themselves off the air on Wednesday in protest against
![Under cover of Covid, Poland is stifling free media – and all Europe should be worried | Timothy Garton Ash | The Guardian Under cover of Covid, Poland is stifling free media – and all Europe should be worried | Timothy Garton Ash | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/92beb3847a8255e2d7c362ba9880ca7e4c5b75a0/0_400_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=dde219edf40c9f78a82f2c67fafff27d)
Under cover of Covid, Poland is stifling free media – and all Europe should be worried | Timothy Garton Ash | The Guardian
![Almost all independent media in Poland (press, news outlets, television channels, radio stations etc.) are protesting right now because of proposal of new advertising tax affecting them : r/europe Almost all independent media in Poland (press, news outlets, television channels, radio stations etc.) are protesting right now because of proposal of new advertising tax affecting them : r/europe](https://preview.redd.it/4s83qs21ykg61.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=6a3bf0c55a56ddd121e84c71e636b5e59995f3cc)
Almost all independent media in Poland (press, news outlets, television channels, radio stations etc.) are protesting right now because of proposal of new advertising tax affecting them : r/europe
![Speaks Radio Free Europe. Idiot, who listens with such blissful face. Who does he help? Our sworn enemies" Polish Anti USA poster from 1952 : r/PropagandaPosters Speaks Radio Free Europe. Idiot, who listens with such blissful face. Who does he help? Our sworn enemies" Polish Anti USA poster from 1952 : r/PropagandaPosters](https://preview.redd.it/uu2otfaabpe71.jpg?auto=webp&s=2e6443298adf79fd98501f96aacdfa1acb7b63fc)
Speaks Radio Free Europe. Idiot, who listens with such blissful face. Who does he help? Our sworn enemies" Polish Anti USA poster from 1952 : r/PropagandaPosters
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