After Hungary, US Dollars Now Bankrolling Slovakian Elections US Ambassador Gautam Rana (C) In Hungary it has been affectionately dubbed "rolling dollars", now it is Slovakia that is... 2023.09.27.
Facebook Blocks Budapest District Fidesz Page Fidesz MP Andrea Gyurákovics announced on her social media page that Facebook has removed the Ferencváros (9th District in Budapest)... 2023.08.02.
Yet Another Conservative News Portal Silenced by Social Media Giant Dear Readers, Followers, Over the past weeks, we have been working hard to get Facebook to lift the unjustified restrictions... 2023.06.29.
Another Hungarian News Site Canceled by U.S. Social Media Giant On April 4, the U.S. social media giant Facebook has decided to shut down yet another national conservative news site's... 2023.04.05.
Censorship of Christian Content on the Rise on Facebook There is growing suspicion that big players in social media are deliberately being restrictive of Christian content, with examples affecting... 2022.11.07.
Facebook Deletes Far-right Mi Hazánk’s Page The non-parliamentary far-right Mi Hazánk party on Tuesday said it will file a criminal complaint for the disruption of the... 2022.03.30.
Márki-Zay Publishes Campaign Spending and Family Asset Declarations in Wake of Accusations The opposition alliance's PM candidate, Péter Márki-Zay, published his campaign spending along with his and his family's asset declarations in... 2022.02.04.
PM Orbán Wins 2021 “Facebook Likes Championship” News portal Telex followed the likes and interactions Hungarian politicians received last year and made a list of those who got... 2022.01.06.
Facebook’s Ban List Leaked: Mostly Far-right Orgs, Websites, and Bands from Hungary 26 Hungarian names can be found on Facebook's recently-leaked list of banned entities that includes well over 4,000 individuals and... 2021.10.13.
Social Media Use in Hungary Well over EU Average About 87 percent of Hungarian internet users participate on social media websites, well over the average rate of 65 percent... 2021.07.02.
Hungarian Satirical Football Page with Half a Million Fans Banned by Facebook The admins of the page announced on their Instagram page that after nine years and 454,000 followers, the meme page... 2021.06.18.
How a California Tech Company Might Influence Hungary’s Elections On April 8th, many Hungarian politicians noticed that their reach on Facebook had drastically dropped. As Facebook communicated later, this... 2021.04.27.
Gov’t Decides to Wait for Joint EU Regulation on Social Media Giants Although Judit Varga, Justice Minister, announced in January that the Ministry of Justice would submit a draft legislation to parliament... 2021.04.14.
Facebook Claims Hungarian Politicians’ Limited Reach ‘Temporary Technical Issue’ Both Hungary's pro-government and opposition politicians reported in the past few days that their posts on Facebook mysteriously reached far... 2021.04.12.
Facebook Fraudsters Use Pictures of Justice Minister Varga, Offer Easy Money Several photos of Judit Varga, Hungary’s Minister of Justice, have been stolen by fraudsters to create the fake profile of... 2021.03.23.
Analyses Show that Despite Closures Hungarians Did Not Stay Home The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Hungary has been officially going on for three weeks, and the government... 2021.03.16.
Párbeszéd MP Tordai Temporarily Banned From Facebook Párbeszéd's Bence Tordai was banned by Facebook on Wednesday. While his restriction has since been revoked, Tordai suggests "Fidesz-trolls" behind... 2021.03.06.
Justice Minister Hails ‘Important Step’ in Lawful Cooperation with Facebook Facebook has paid 3.8 billion forints (EUR 10.6m) advertising tax to the Hungarian budget which was an "important step towards... 2021.02.12.
Justice Minister: Tech Firms ‘Violate Democratic Norms’ Hungary's Justice minister Judit Varga has called an extraordinary meeting of the Digital Freedom Committee tasked with monitoring online space... 2021.01.18.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Big Tech’s Trump Ban Questioned A conservative commentator expresses his bewilderment that big tech appears to be more powerful than the President of the United... 2021.01.15.
Justice Min Varga: ‘We Can All Be Turned Off by Tech Giants’ Judit Varga, the justice minister, has criticised global tech giants for "switching off" certain users. "We can all be turned... 2021.01.13.
