"The United States is extremely disappointed by today's passage of the media bill by the Sejm" - U.S. charge d'affaires said in a tweet on Friday. He also stressed that Washington hopes Polish President Andrzej Duda will "act in accordance with previous statements".
The Polish parliament voted on Friday in favour of a media reform bill.
Critics say the bill, primarily targeting Discovery-owned news channel TVN24, aims to limit media freedom. It sparked a diplomatic row between Poland and the United States earlier this year.
It now goes forward to Poland's president to be signed into law.
Bix Aliu, U.S. charge d'affaires and current chief of U.S. Embassy in Poland, said on Twitter that "the United States is extremely disappointed by today's passage of the media bill by the Sejm".
"We expect President Duda to act in accordance with previous statements to use his leadership to protect free speech and business," he added.
Źródło: TVN24 News in English, tvn24.pl, Reuters