Publication date: January 15, 2026
The draft act amending the Act on the Provision of Electronic Services and certain other acts represents a significant step in adapting Polish legal regulations to the rapidly evolving digital landscape. The growing number of entities operating online, new methods of electronic communication, and the vast scale of data processing mean that the current regulations are increasingly imprecise or inadequate for the current times. In response to these challenges, the legislator proposed changes aimed at both increasing the protection of network users and clarifying the obligations of entities providing electronic services.
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Publication date: January 09, 2026
On 20 September 2024, an amendment to the Act of February 4, 1994 on Copyright and Related Rights entered into force. The purpose of the amendment was to implement two directives of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) of April 17, 2019, into the Polish legal system: 1) Directive 2019/789 laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions by broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes, and amending Council Directive 93/83/EEC (the so-called SATCAB II Directive) and Directive 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC (the so-called Digital Single Market Directive, or DSM). The deadline for implementing both directives expired long ago, in June 2021. This delay was in particular the result of waiting for the European Commission’s guidelines on the application of Article 17 of the DSM Directive, as well as the controversy related primarily to this provision and the emerging allegations against the directive that it reduces the scope of freedom of speech on the Internet.
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Publication date: January 07, 2026
The Listing Act is a legislative package proposed by the European Commission and adopted by the European Parliament and the Council. Its goal is to increase the attractiveness of public securities markets for companies, primarily by facilitating access for small and medium-sized enterprises (hereinafter referred to as SMEs). The changes introduced are intended to simplify procedures and reduce documentation, as well as reduce burdens and costs for companies.
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Publication date: January 06, 2026
AI washing as a market phenomenon
AI washing is a phenomenon of growing scale and market significance, whose name and general scope are directly analogous to the well-recognized greenwashing and the less-developed ethics washing. Despite the lack of a single, universally accepted definition, all attempts to define it converge on defining this practice as a marketing tactic. In this context, companies attribute advanced capabilities resulting from the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) to their products, services, or internal processes, even though the actual level of its application is marginal or disproportionate to the claims made.
These behaviors are often the result of intense competitive pressure from other market players, consumer expectations following technological trends, and internal corporate pressure to achieve rapid profits and project an image as an innovation leader. AI has now become synonymous with progress and, often, profit. This is also due to the lack of a generally accepted definition of AI, although one has now been introduced as part of Regulation (EC) No 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139, (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797, and (EU) 2020/1828 (the Artificial Intelligence Act) (hereinafter referred to as the AI Act), which will be discussed later in this article. Nevertheless, it is worthwhile to define AI at this stage and how this concept will be understood for the purposes of the upcoming discussion.
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Publication date: January 06, 2026
At the turn of the 21st century, technologies were gaining significant importance. Information technology was the fastest-growing influence on the lives of ordinary people, as more and more services became digitized, automated, and transferred to cyberspace. These included, for example, correspondence and electronic communication, such as email, developed from the mid-1960s to the 1980s. Banking, financial services, were also introduced electronically in the 1970s and 1980s, as were the sharing of works of art and the storage of various data in digital form. These services are linked to key areas of our lives, such as economics, privacy, and security. These same areas also attract criminals of various kinds, many of them members of organized crime groups or terrorist and sabotage groups, but not exclusively. Their activities are referred to, primarily colloquially, as cybercrime. However, this term presents significant challenges in defining its meaning, as it evolves with technological advancements. However, in criminal law, the requirement of legal certainty must be met, linked to the principle that there is no crime without law. For this reason, various attempts are being made to develop such a definition.
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