Polish parliament votes in favour of bill seen as limiting media freedom

People demonstrate in defence of media freedom in Warsaw, Poland, earlier this week (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)

Poland’s parliament has voted in favour of a bill that would force Discovery Inc, the US owner of Poland’s largest private television network, to sell its Polish holdings.

The bill, if it gets the Polish president’s approval, is widely viewed as a blow to media independence in Poland.