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Over the last ten years, PiS has not only systematically dismantled Poland’s rule of law, but also strategically corroded the country’s media freedom. It has successfully politicized Poland’s media regulators, abused public service media for propaganda purposes, captured private media outlets and supported friendly private media, and created regulatory, legal and political obstacles for private media which criticized it. In this blogpost, I will detail three core steps that must be taken to restore media freedom in Poland in conformity with European standards. In particular, I argue for the restoration of the National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT), the constitutional media regulator, as an independent body; the dissolution of the „bonus” media regulator introduced by PiS, the National Media Council; and for reforming the status of Poland’s private media and the government’s approach to the media in general. CC BY-SA 4.0 Wójcik, Anna Backsliding media freedom Media Regulation Poland 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/restoring-polands-media-freedom/ 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/4c8dcb50cfb3bfe2 231020 10.59704/4c8dcb50cfb3bfe2 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)