Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs confirms that legislative work on mandating RSS channels’ maintenance on government bodies is underway

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The Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs, in response to a petition submitted in September 2025 by Oliwier Jaszczyszyn, editor-in-chief of Kontrabanda, confirmed that legislative work is underway to require government bodies to maintain RSS channels on their websites.

„I rate the first and second demands [set out in this petition] positively. The Ministry of Digital Affairs is working on legislative changes that will require government bodies to share their informational channels,” said Katarzyna Zajkowska of the Ministry in response to the petition.

Both of these demands are directly related to the mandatory introduction of RSS or Atom channels, which would then be available on government websites.

In September 2025, Jaszczyszyn wrote on Mastodon about their experiences so far:

– I hope that we will break this wall someday – and that the presence of RSS channels in Public Information Bulletins, the prohibition of embedding external content [scripts, images, and other content from other sites], and restrictions on links to corporate-backed social media [e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc.] and external websites not directly related to the work of government bodies, will be enshrined into law, he wrote at the time.

The ministry’s response dated 24 November 2025 suggests a more open approach to RSS channels. Until then, the ministry had been sceptical of them; in February 2025, a MoDA representative noted that usage of RSS channels was “exceptionally low.”

However, Kamil Bojarski of the Ministry of Digital Affairs said in September 2025 – when a previous petition by Jaszczyszyn was discussed and ultimately rejected by the Sejm’s petitions committee – that talks had begun regarding a potential legal mandate requiring RSS channels on government websites.

If implemented, such legislation would make Poland one of the first European Union member states to legally require the presence of RSS or Atom channels on government websites.

Sources

The opening image has been taken by Maciej Matera and it is available on Wikimedia Commons under the CC BY-SA 4.0 International licence. Image modifications are own. Article’s text was based upon these sources:

• Post on the Fediverse made by Oliwier Jaszczyszyn published 9/09/2025 (in Polish)
• A decision made in writing by the Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland with the signature of DTC.MC.WWP.053.1.2025, dated 24/11/2025 (in Polish)
• Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji odpowiada na petycję w sprawie zaleceń dla podmiotów publicznych, published at kontrabanda.net by Oliwier Jaszczyszyn on 21/02/2025 (in Polish)