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Facebook blocks accounts of Polish liberal and conservative opposition

Adam F. | 04.11.2010 08:56 | World

Facebook blocked recently many accounts of Polish users that were politically engaged. This move hit even me.

Being a liberal, which is rather rare in Polish conservative society, I had a profile "Ekobojkot Wyborczej" - to protest against the closure of tramway line or, said more exactly, light urban rail system in Zielona Gora, the town in western Poland where I come from. The local newspaper "Wyborcza" censored my protests against the closure. Being a transport economist I believed to posess some knowledge in this matter. Here is my website on the streetcar line closure:
 http://liniatramwajowa.blogspot.com/

My profile is now closed. Why? I was not informed.

Many other popular bloggers, yet from conservative wing, faced the same: Kataryna, probably the most popular Polish blogger lost her profile on 26.7.2010, Pluszaczek, that allegedly was specialising in the recent crash of TU-154 carrying Polish conservative president, conservatives: Jarosław Kozak 7.9.2010, ultra conservatives: Jan Pospieszalski 3.11.2010 (he once censored my - allegedly the only opposing voice- in his movie "Solidarni 2010"- on the mourners of the president Lech Kaczynski, that died in the Tu-154 disaster).

Centre- liberal blogger Panna Wodzianna also lost his profile, although it published notting more that some amusing crap. Strange conservative-ecology (!) group Zwierzaki dla Jarosława also dissapeared.

Many often exotic and conservative profiles disappeared as well. List below is taken from one conservative page:

Apel do władz Gdańska o pomnik dla Anny Walentynowicz,
Jarosław Kozak (strona oficjalna),
Henryka Krzywonos i "kłamstwo tramwajarskie",
Apel o usunięcie z mediów publicznych Tomasza Lisa
Krzyż Żałoby Narodowej. Smoleńsk 2010
Dajcie im w końcu spokój. Po prostu wszyscy
Protest przeciwko podwyżce ceny benzyny
BRONEK W KARYKATURZE 2010
ANTYgazeta POwyborcza
GŁÓWNY URZAD KONTROLI INTERNETU
RZECZNIK PRASOWY PREZYDENTA RP
BRONISŁAW KOMOROWSKI -WSZYSTKIE INFORMACJE
Dość prześladowania Ewy Stankiewicz - autorki filmu "Solidarni 2010
JAROSLAW KACZYNSKI - WSZYSTKIE INFORMACJE
OLIGARCHOWIE PRL-u
KOMOROWSKI MUSI ODEJSC !
MOHEREK
BRONEK W KARYKATURZE 2010
Optical illusions and visual phenomena
KARTA POLAKA (portal emigracji polskiej)
KartaPolaka.pl
NIE UTRZYMUJE OWSIAKA
Putin Putinovič Putin
THE LVOV-WARSAW SCHOOL / SZKOŁA LWOWSKO-WARSZAWSKA

Adam F.
- Homepage: http://liniatramwajowa.blogspot.com/