Hungarian opposition party Mi Hazánk calls for changes to social media regulation
Opposition Mi Hazánk is proposing changes to how social media is regulated, László Toroczkai, the radical party’s leader, said on Monday.
Mi Hazánk urges for changes
Mi Hazánk wants the regulations applying to social media to ensure that politicians have the same rights to freedom of expression as everyone else, Toroczkai told a press conference. The party also wants to prohibit social media platforms from banning elected officials and sanctioning journalists, he added.
Toroczkai said it was “truly shocking and uniquely undemocratic” that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, had banned him and those who mentioned his name on a regular basis.
“This means that an international, global corporation can influence elections,” he said, vowing that if the situation did not change, the party would challenge the result of next year’s general election “at every existing forum”.
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