Minister for Digitalism Krzysztof Gawkowski together with the head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs Tomasz Siemoniak presented on Tuesday the establishment of an election protection programme called "Electoral Umbrella"which was implemented in consequence to the detection of "foreign attacks".
– We have diagnosed that we are dealing with diagnosed attacks, provocations, but besides initiatives that it would have destabilize the election situation in Poland, Gawkowski said.
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As he added, this influence was "clearly addressed". – This.Russian peculiar Services, and those civil, and those military, who with any premeditation, but besides with operational plans wanted and intend to influence the Polish presidential run – the Deputy Prime Minister revealed.
He added that the state services are getting information that the Russian side is besides looking for people who would want to influence the run inside.
Election protection program. The government's going to look at social media.
Actions to be taken detection of misinformation and analysis of social platforms. “We will include content reporting and we will want to implement this service in real time from citizens,” Gawkowski said.
In particular, this is to include monitoring of breaches of electoral silence and the introduction of mapping illegal financing of electoral campaigns, as well as catching accounts that spread illegal content.
Minister Gawkowski stated that the programme would implement free scanning cybersecurity domainsinformation on the password leak will besides be provided.
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– We will want to include all social networking platforms in the fight against disinformation. I mean, network traffic is to be monitored like this, so that it cannot be influenced from abroad – explained Deputy Prime Minister.
The page is to be substantially "strongened" Safe Elections.pl.
He informed that the safe election portal would be allocated PLN 4 million, additional backing will besides be directed towards training and information procedures for electoral committees.
The program will start on 2 February and will be combined with actions Homeland Security.
