Hungary Considers Sanctions Against Social Media Giants

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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga on Monday raised the prospect of sanctioning social media firms over what she called โ€œsystematic abusesโ€ of free speech.
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The minister said she would meet the Hungarian competition watchdog this week to discuss possible penalties for what she described as unfair commercial practices as well as convening a meeting of the countryโ€™s digital freedom committee.

In a growing wave of criticism, some government officials are complaining about what they have described as efforts by social media companies, including Facebook, to limit conservative views on their platforms.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban has turned Hungaryโ€™s public media into an obedient mouthpiece and allies control large parts of the private media, allowing his agenda to be aired prominently.

But the right-wing premier faces the toughest challenge to his decade-long rule at a parliamentary election next year, as he tackles a protracted recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and a united opposition, with polls showing a neck-and-neck race.

โ€œโ€˜Shadowbanโ€™ means the act of social media providers secretly, for political purposes, restricting the visibility and access of our user profile without our knowledge about it,โ€ Varga said in a Facebook post.

โ€œTo reduce their reach, Facebook also limits the visibility of Christian, conservative, right-wing opinions. I also have personal experience of that,โ€ Varga said without elaborating.

Facebook did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.

By Gergely Szakacs

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