Poland Urges EU Probe Into TikTok Over AI-Generated Russian Disinformation
Poland accused Russia of conducting a large-scale information operation using AI and appealed to the European Commission over its failure to counter disinformation on TikTok.
The Gaze reports on it, regerring to Polskie Radio.
Polish authorities reported the mass spread of AI-generated videos in the Polish-language segment of TikTok that promote far-right and anti-European narratives, including calls for Poland to leave the EU.
Government spokesman Adam Szłapka said that this content part of a coordinated Russian information operation serving Kremlin interests, noting that the videos contain linguistic features characteristic of Russian syntax. The accounts are claimed to be bots that show young Polish women talking about how the European Union is bad.
"This material is clearly generated by artificial intelligence," Szłapka said, adding that it is no doubt Russian disinformation.
In response, Warsaw has called on the European Commission to initiate proceedings against TikTok for violating the Digital Services Act. As a very large online platform, TikTok, according to the Polish side, failed to ensure proper moderation of AI-generated content and to prevent its large-scale dissemination.
Conducting disinformation campaigns by the Russian Federation has long been a familiar tool aimed at undermining unity within European countries and discrediting Ukraine.
In Poland’s information space, pro-Russian narratives are intensifying, seeking to shift responsibility for the war from the Kremlin onto the United States and the EU.
Through social media, particularly Facebook, calls to “not allow Poland to be dragged into the war” are spreading, along with claims that the West is allegedly to blame for the conflict. These messages replicate classic Russian propaganda tropes regarding the Maidan, Crimea, NATO, and Ukraine’s supposed “refusal of peace.”
A vivid example of a Russian information operation is the spread of narratives that attempted to shift responsibility for the sabotage of the Polish railway onto Ukraine.
Pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian accounts actively spread emotional posts accusing Ukraine, limiting Russia's responsibility, and questioning the competence of Polish security agencies.
As The Gaze reported earlier, Poland's deputy prime minister warned of a possible increase in Russian sabotage on the country's territory after an explosion on the railway.
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