Poland is calling on the European Commission to investigate TikTok after the popular social media app hosted a series of AI-generated videos that called for Poland to leave the European Union. The Polish government says the content was “almost certainly Russian disinformation.”
The controversy centers on a TikTok profile that recently went viral. It featured videos of young women dressed in Polish national colors, who, in AI-generated voices, argued for Poland’s exit from the EU. The profile has since disappeared from the platform.
“The disclosed content poses a threat to public order, information security, and the integrity of democratic processes in Poland and across the European Union,” a top Polish official wrote in a letter to the Commission. He argued that the videos show TikTok is failing to meet its legal obligations to combat the spread of harmful content.
A Polish government spokesperson said the content was “undoubtedly Russian disinformation,” noting that the AI-generated voices used Russian syntax.
This is not the first time TikTok has been in hot water with European regulators. The Commission has already opened an investigation into the company over its suspected failure to limit election interference in Romania.
Under the EU’s strict new Digital Services Act, large platforms like TikTok can face massive fines—up to 6% of their global annual revenue—if they don’t do enough to moderate and remove harmful content. Poland is now urging the EU to take action and hold TikTok accountable for the spread of what it sees as a dangerous new form of foreign propaganda.
