Facebook blocked the pages of the 3 Hungarian media on social media, citing violations of Community rules.
This decision was taken only a fewer weeks before the elections in this Central European country and was condemned by the Hungarian National Media Association, which called it an attack on freedom of the press.
The Bama.hu, Szabolcs Online and Kisalföld.hu sites were blocked on Friday, which prompted the media to criticise what they called an unjustified decision, in a joint statement.
They besides announced an appeal against the ban.
The media affected by the ban – all of the mediaworks Hungary conglomerate – were described by another local media as presenting the position of government and Fidesz organization Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary.
The event occurred before the parliamentary elections scheduled for early April, in which Fidesz must face strong competition from the pro-European opposition, the Cisa Party.
The Hungarian National Media Association condemned the ban, claiming that the pretext for its introduction was frail.
Non-compliance “Meta Social Principles”, Facebook mom companies, possibly ‘mark everything’, stated the company in a message expressing solidarity with the breached portals.
It was besides found that a technological giant could simply "punish right-wing news portals for publishing news about the threat of war".
Budapest is 1 of the most bitter opponents of EU policy towards Ukraine and Russia.
Hungary argued in peculiar that the increased engagement of the block in the conflict between Moscow and Kiev is threatening to escalate dangerously.
Friday Meta informed the Hungarian Telex portal that the sites were ‘wrongly limited and restored’.
However, 2 of the 3 affected accounts stay unavailable until Saturday night.
Orbán had previously accused Brussels of cooperating with Kiev and denunciation ‘war’ Hungarians to remove him from power, including by influencing the upcoming elections.
Similar accusations arose in connection with the 2024 elections in Romania, where the Constitutional Court annulled the results of the first circular after Romanian intelligence suggested that the advantage of the candidate opposing the establishment of Calin Georgescu was due to abroad interference.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/news/633226-facebook-block-hungarian-media/
