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How a California Tech Company Might Influence Hungary’s Elections Zalán Trajbár 2021.04.27. On April 8th, many Hungarian politicians noticed that their reach on Facebook had drastically dropped. As Facebook communicated later, this was an accident on their part, but doubts remain as to the true nature of the sudden decrease in political content on Hungarian Facebook. The company recently made a commitment to reduce political content on its platform and they ...

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 th...