Deputy Prime Minister and Digitalization Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski announced the request on social media, saying it followed a review of materials supplied by Meta itself along with continued media reports pointing to gaps in the company's oversight of what appears on its platforms.
"Digital platforms must bear full responsibility for their actions", Gawkowski wrote, adding that Meta had remained passive and ineffective despite the scale of the problem.
He pressed the Commission to act swiftly on the complaint and demanded that Meta immediately roll out effective safeguards against scams, fake ads and apps promoting illegal activity. "This wild west on the platform must end", he said.
Poland's move comes weeks after Meta settled a wide-ranging case in the United States, where attorneys general from dozens of states alleged the company had deliberately built its apps to hook younger users. Meta agreed to pay USD 17 billion to resolve the claims.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, one of the officials involved in that case, said the resulting court order would reshape how minors use social media, calling it the close of "an era in which children had unlimited access to products designed to addict them and expose them to serious psychological harm".
The European Commission had not responded publicly to Poland's request as of Thursday.
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Source: Polish Radio