https://www.afinalwarning.com/495217.html (Natural News) A leading Hungarian politician in the ruling conservative and nationalist Fidesz Party wants to confront big tech’s censorship by proposing a law that will rein in the power of social media giants like Facebook and Twitter.
Hungarian Minister of Justice Judit Varga said Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who also serves as the leader of Fidesz, does not tolerate the attacks made by big tech companies against free speech.
To this end, Varga announced that the country will follow neighboring Poland in punishing social media companies that would try to censor conservative voices on the internet.
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– Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights.
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The practice of so-called ‘shadow banning’ is stifling freedom of expression online and may have to be addressed through regulatory measures, Hungary’s Minister of Justice Judit Varga has said, accusing Facebook of inhibiting “Christian, conservative, right-wing opinions”.
‘Shadow banning’ refers to the act of blocking users of social media platforms from posting content, without having informed them that such restrictions have been put in place. Major platforms strongly deny that such activities take place.
On Tuesday (19 January), Varga sat down with Csaba Rigó, president of the Hungarian Competition Authority, to discuss ways to reign in the ‘problematic commercial practices’ of platforms giants.
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