Poland’s government has asked the European Union to take measures against the social media platform TikTok after allegedly AI-generated clips appeared on the platform calling for Poland to leave the EU.
The centre-left government’s spokesman Adam Szłapka claimed “there is no doubt that these videos on TikTok are Russian disinformation” and alleged the spoken text in the videos contained Russian syntax.
The videos in question, which targeted a younger audience, contained images of young women brandishing Polish national colours and emblems supporting “Polexit”, the popular term for Poland leaving the EU, while criticising the Tusk government for its pro-EU orientation.
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In one post, viewed by over 100,000 TikTok users, a young woman says, “Yes, I want Polexit. I’ve had enough of Poland governed from Brussels. Tired of being threatened that without foreign interference we can’t cope. It’s our rights, our money and our decision to make.”
Dariusz Standerski, the deputy digital affairs minister in Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s coalition government, said December 31 that “in recent days, TikTok has seen a surge in videos generated with the use of AI, spreading disinformation regarding Poland’s membership in the European Union. The scale of this practice may suggest that we are dealing with an organised campaign”.
Standerski then revealed the text of a letter sent to Henna Virkkunen, the European Commissioner for tech sovereignty, security and democracy. The letter demanded the European Commission initiate proceedings against TikTok under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).
The DSA is the EU legislation, which came into force in 2022, aiming to regulate the accountability, moderation, and transparency of digital services. It has been heavily criticised by President Donald Trump’s US administration and campaigners for free speech across Europe.
The US government recently took exception to an EC decision to fine social media platform X €120 million for not complying with the DSA.
According to the letter sent by the Polish government, the recent TikTok content on Polexit “poses a threat to public order, information security, and the integrity of democratic processes in Poland and across the European Union”.
The minister did not offer evidence as to how the Tik Tok videos threaten “public disorder” or any “democratic processes” in Poland.
Standerski claimed TikTok has not been sufficiently robust in stopping the videos.
“Available information suggests that TikTok has not implemented adequate mechanisms for moderating AI-generated content, nor has it ensured effective transparency regarding the origin of such materials”, he said.
The letter added that in the government’s opinion, this “undermines the objectives of the Digital Services Act concerning the prevention of disinformation and the protection of users”.
In its response to the government, the EC’s spokesman Eva Hrncirova said January 2 the Commission will “be in touch with the Polish authorities to examine the compatibility of the TikTok content with the DSA”.
She added that, according to the provisions of the DSA, internet platforms such as TikTok have the “duty to identify and assess all risks involved with the functioning of their services, including the risks involved with the use of Artificial Intelligence.”
Hrncirova confirmed the EC is monitoring TikTok’s compliance with the DSA and revealed in March 2024, the EC had contacted social media platforms to seek information on the measures they were taking to counter the threats involved with the use of AI.
The Polish government’s action on TikTok has been criticised by prominent conservative journalist Cezary Gnyz, a contributor to the weekly DoRzeczy.
“Since when has content advocating the leaving of the EU become forbidden and on what legal basis?” asked Gnyz, who added his magazine has just published an article calling on Poland to “escape from the EU”.
According to portal Interia, the channel sharing the AI generated videos has been removed from the TikTok service after a multitude of complaints from users and reports of its activities on news websites in Poland.
The channel which had put up the posts had existed since May 2023 under a different name and used English as its lead language.
It began to operate in Polish under a different name last month, and began posting content relating to Poland.
However, there is no evidence it has had any impact on public opinion. While surveys show support for ‘Polexit’ has risen to 25 per cent from under 10 per cent in just two years, these were taken before the channel began to operate in Polish.
These surveys showed voters who support the political Right are increasingly supportive of Poland leaving the European Union. However, the only political grouping in Poland openly committed to Polexit is the “Confederation of the Polish Crown”, led by the unaffiliated MEP Grzegorz Braun.
The other two Right-wing parties, the Conservatives (PiS) who ruled Poland between 2015 and 2023, and the Libertarian Nationalist Confederation party, have criticised the EU but stopped short of calling for Poland to leave it.
Braun left Confederation at the beginning of 2025 in disagreement of what he called the party’s drift to the centre.
The Polish government has introduced legislation in parliament to implement the DSA. Provisions there give government officials the right to take down internet material without a court order.
The legislation has been attacked by the opposition as a threat to free speech. Opposition-aligned President Karol Nawrocki has said he will veto the measure if it clears parliament in its present form.
