Mast accused the Commission of having a “double standard” in election rules that could tilt the balance in favor of Trzaskowski.
The first complaint is a May 15 Polish media report about a political advertising campaign favoring Trzaskowski by an NGO, which the report and Mast linked to operatives from the U.S. Democratic party.
NASK, Poland’s state body tasked with countering online disinformation, reported that paid Facebook campaigns, apparently funded from outside Poland, appear to have promoted Trzaskowski while discrediting Nawrocki and far-right candidate Sławomir Mentzen.
“NASK said its analyses could not conclusively determine the source of the funding for the Facebook campaign or who commissioned it. Analysts did not rule out the possibility of provocation and stated that resolving the case requires action by the country’s security services,” the Digital Affairs Ministry told POLITICO in an emailed response.
The case was reported to the Internal Security Agency and the National Electoral Office while Meta was asked to remove the ads, the ministry said. Meta claimed the ads’ runtime had expired by the time the issue was made public and they were not accessible anymore.
When Nawrocki raised the issue during a recent debate — accusing Trzaskowski of getting money from Germany and liberal financier George Soros — Trzaskowski denied any improper financing and threatened Nawrocki with a lawsuit.
