Following protests against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the United States last month, groups in Europe have set Feb. 11 as a day of protest against another controversial measure.

The protests focus on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trademark Agreement (ACTA) in Europe, according to a report on tech site The Next Web.

Access, an organization that says it is a “new global movement for digital freedom,” organized the international day against ACTA on February 11, hoping the world comes out in “an unprecedented showing of solidarity” against the treaty, the report said.

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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's prime minister says he is suspending the ratification process for an international copyright treaty after widespread protests and attacks on government websites.

Donald Tusk said Friday that first a wider discussion must be held on the issue to include Internet users and privacy protection office.

The government signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, late last month but it must still be approved. Tusk says Parliament may not do so if it conflicts with Polish law.

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“I signed ACTA out of civic carelessness, because I did not pay enough attention,” she said, in a most undiplomatic display of honesty. “Quite simply, I did not clearly connect the agreement I had been instructed to sign with the agreement that, according to my own civic conviction, limits and withholds the freedom of engagement on the largest and most significant network in human history, and thus limits particularly the future of our children.”