We are grappling with intense hate attacks on our social media, which have led to the blocking of our accounts. Profiles of dubious authenticity are vulgarly disparaging our guests, including Olga Tokarczuk, Agnieszka Holland, and Aleksander Kwaśniewski, recently alarmed the organizers of the Góry Literatury Festival. The festival's Instagram account has yet to be unblocked, but both profiles are active on Facebook.
The attacks also include vulgar language directed at festival guests such as Olga Tokarczuk, Agnieszka Holland, and Aleksander Kwaśniewski. Despite difficulties in regaining access to Instagram, the festival's and Olga Tokarczuk Foundation's profiles remain active on Facebook, where organizers are working to remove hateful content – report wroclaw.pl.
Digital assault: Góry Literatury Festival targeted by hate campaign
The Instagram profiles of the Góry Literatury Festival and Olga Tokarczuk Foundation were reported as spammy and spreading false information, leading to their blockade. We cannot publish there, and other users cannot tag us.
We have appealed, but Meta (owner of Facebook and Instagram among other platforms) is slow to act. We are also dealing with reports and attacks on our Facebook accounts, with individual posts being blocked intermittently.
There is also an onslaught of vulgar comments where profiles of dubious authenticity insult both us and our guests, including Olga Tokarczuk, Agnieszka Holland, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Sylwia Spurek, and Sylwia Chutnik. We are closely monitoring this and endeavoring to remove all hateful content, report the organizers.
Góry Literatury - from literary festival to cross-border sociological phenomenon
Since its inception in 2015 at the initiative of Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk, the Góry Literatury Festival has become not only a significant literary event but also an important sociological phenomenon, not only locally in Lower Silesia but also across the Czech-German-Polish border region.
Next Sunday, as part of the festive conclusion of the Góry Literatury Festival, Tomasz Organek will perform a special MTV Unplugged concert.
Source: wroclaw.pl/Facebook.com/FestiwalGóryLiteratury
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