Karol Nawrocki, the DSA implementing act (government bill, print no. 2693) · claimed on Nov 13, 2026 · original source
On Friday, 13 November 2026, President Karol Nawrocki vetoed for the second time the amendment to the Act on the provision of electronic services, which was meant to implement the EU Digital Services Act (DSA); the first veto of a similar act came in January 2026. The President stated that the Senate "once again expanded official competences in the area of blocking content" and that it is not the role of an official to decide whether content was a crime. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Affairs Krzysztof Gawkowski responds that, at the request of the presidential side, judicial review by the common court was written into the act, and wants the Chancellery of the President to indicate specific articles. The text of the adopted act with the Senate amendments will settle the matter: who issues a blocking order, in what cases it takes effect immediately, and what role the court plays.
The Chancellery of the President published a communiqué on the refusal to sign the amendment to the Act on the provision of electronic services, together with its justification. The President held that the provisions allow administrative bodies to decide on blocking content, whereas such decisions should be made by the courts.
prezydent.plIn the bill of 9 June 2026, requests from the prosecutor, the Police, the National Revenue Administration, copyright holders and users are considered by the Chairman of KRRiT (video platforms) or the President of UKE (other content) (Art. 11b). The authority issues a decision to "make illegal content inaccessible" if the evidence "unambiguously" indicates illegal content (Art. 11m), and where the decision cannot be enforced, it may enter the domain in a register which operators must block within 48 hours (Art. 11n). There is no appeal against the decision, but a party may, within 14 days, file an objection to the common court, which hears the case anew: "the objection replaces the request in court proceedings" (Art. 11p). This is the government version, before the amendments of the Sejm and the Senate.
Dobreprogramy (15 October 2026) describes the Senate amendments. One of them changes the procedure for orders to block content containing violence or threats motivated, among other things, by race, origin, religion or political affiliation: decisions are to be made by the President of UKE or the Chairman of KRRiT, "and not the court". Decisions issued at the request of the prosecutor or the Police in the most serious cases are to be enforced immediately, and platforms and content authors are given 24 hours to present evidence. This supports the President's words about expanding the competences of officials in the Senate, although the text does not say whether the possibility of an objection to the court has changed.
