Polish MPs propose penal code amendments to criminalize patostreaming through four forms, including animal cruelty and financial offenses.
Parliamentary Amendment Proposal
A bill recently submitted to the Marshal’s Office aims to effectively combat patostreaming. The proposed changes would criminalize four specific forms of the practice. The justification notes it involves “crimes severely punished by legislators” and encompasses “animal-related legal categories, emphasizing that a mature society should condemn all forms of animal cruelty,” as well as “behaviors violating bodily integrity in a manner that leads to humiliation or degradation.”
Forms of Patostreaming
The draft explicitly includes patostreaming linked to tax offenses and illegal gambling operations. It also frames the act as a violation of bodily integrity that causes humiliation or degradation, alongside crimes categorized under animal welfare.
Current Legal Sufficiency
The article questions whether existing legal provisions are adequate in the fight against patostreaming.
