Hungaryâs Justice Minister Apprehensive About Big Tech Forcing Society âInto a Bubbleâ
Hungary s Minister of Justice Judit Varga arrives for the Informal Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting in Zagreb on January 23, 2020. (Image: DENIS LOVROVIC/AFP via Getty Images)
The Hungarian government voiced concerns about a recent trend where the Big Tech cartel dominates public opinion through arbitrary enforcement of censorship policies.
Judit Varga, Hungarian Minister of Justice, stated that if the government fails to control the activities of the âpseudo legal systemâ being established by Big Tech, the oligopoly will ârule our lives and force us into a bubble,â she said during an online forum held by Hungaryâs 21st Century Institute.
16 Apr 2021
The Hungarian government has warned against Big Tech oligarchs’ moves to dominate the public square online through the arbitrary and opaque enforcement of community guidelines in their view, a kind of “pseudo legal system”.
“If we are unable to control the activities of the tech giants that are building a pseudo legal system, they will rule our life and force us into a bubble,” warned Judit Varga, the Minister of Justice in the national-conservative government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Minister Varga also questioned “whether these guidelines are in tune with the principles of the rule of law” and sounded a note of caution over the “move to reduce political content” on Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook, questioning whether the platform would apply double standards to its users rather than treating everyone equally in comments to the 21st Century Institute.
Although Judit Varga, Justice Minister, announced in January that the Ministry of Justice would submit a draft legislation to parliament regarding social media regulation during the spring, several sources confirmed that this would not happen. Instead, Hungary will wait for joint EU action in regard to the matter, which is expected to happen by the end of this year.
Back in January, Judit Varga argued that the aim of the legislation would be “legal, transparent and controllable,” and that regulation should apply to tech giants as well, just as other economic players. She also added that while Hungary is cooperating in preparing similar legislation in the European Union, “recent events have shown that we need to act faster to defend people.”
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