On the night of December 19-20 last year, the Sejm voted on a draft resolution “on the restoration of legal order and the impartiality and reliability of the public media and the Polish Press Agency”. The next day, the new Minister of Culture, Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz, appointed new authorities of the public media, and after the holidays he decided to put TVP into liquidation.
The new TVP authorities have already taken control of the public broadcaster’s television antennas and websites, but they have not managed to regain access to TVP Info’s social media profiles. As a result, when visiting the station’s account on the X portal, we are greeted with the message: “An attack on public media.” The profile also publishes another statement
TVP Info profile on website X photo X
The situation is slightly different in the case of YouTube. No new videos are published on the channel (the website has limited their visibility), and the name has been changed to “Kamil Kozbuch” (probably referring to the TVP employee who created the account). This does not change the fact that the new authorities cannot manage the profile in this case either.
TVP Info profile on YouTube photo: DM
The last stronghold of PiS on TVP. TVP Info profiles are still in the hands of the old team
the problem with regaining access to the accounts results from the fact that they were created and maintained using employees’ private e-mail boxes.
As a model, accounts on social networking sites should be created in boxes controlled by the IT department. In such a situation, when an employee leaves, the email administrator can reset the password and regain access to social media
– explains Piotr Mieczkowski, president of the Digital Poland foundation, in an interview with “DGP”.
Unofficially, it is known that the TVP Info profile on the X portal is still managed by Samuel Pereira, the former head of the station, who, however, does not intend to make life easier for the new authorities of the public broadcaster.
TVP Info on X and YouTube operates at all times in accordance with the principles and standards of TVP Info communication in social media. On December 20, 2023, a hostile takeover took place in the company, so we take credit for our ability to efficiently manage and prepare for crisis situations, which allowed us to secure at least this space
– said Samuel Pereira, quoted by “DGP”.
Moreover, as the daily found, no one asked Pereira to return the account. The TVP authorities have a different plan to take over the last bastion of the “old TVP Info”. What? Andrzej Jaszczyszyn, the new head of TVP’s interactive media editorial office, does not want to reveal details, but an attempt at intervention at the level of the European Commission may even be possible.
Source: Gazeta
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