[6][4] Additionally, on 10 February some people organized protests on the streets of cities of Łódź, Warsaw and Gdańsk, Poland.

In addition to the pandemic, the restrictions put on organization of the contests and conferences, as well as cultural and sporting events, has contributed to further decreases in the Polish media's income.

[10] In contrast, during the pandemic many European countries such as Germany, France, or the United Kingdom had initiatives designed to subsidize local media companies.

[10] The Ombudsman, professor Adam Bodnar, supported the protest and wrote: "If the boundary of what is acceptable keeps shifting, we will not have fair elections in 2023.

[17][18] Various opposition politicians in Poland expressed their support for the protest, including Rafał Trzaskowski, Szymon Hołownia, Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, Anna Maria Żukowska, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Jerzy Buzek, and Donald Tusk.

[19][20] [3] Various foreign media companies reported on the protest, including Politico,[21] ABC News,[22] U.S. News,[23] BBC,[24] The Washington Post,[25] The Guardian,[26] Reuters,[27] Associated Press,[15] Agence France-Presse,[28] France 24,[28] Deutsche Welle,[29] Bloomberg L.P.,[30] Euronews,[31] The Daily Telegraph,[32] Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,[14] Wiener Zeitung[33] and tagesschau.de.

In Łódź, several dozen people protested in front of the headquarters of Law and Justice party at the 143 Piotrkowska Street.