Will the Orbán cabinet’s new regulation make comment writers punishable?
Máté Kocsis, the parliament group leader of PM Orbán’s governing Fidesz party, said the Hungarian state must intervene and regulate the social media platforms since hate speech is spreading there unstoppably. Will comment writers become punishable in Hungary?
Punishable comment writers and media outlets?
Mr Kocsics talked about the issue after the assassination attempt against Slovak PM Robert Fico. Kocsis said the state must intervene and stop the spread of hate speech in social media if media outlets cannot. He said he would like to submit a bill in the issue, index.hu wrote.
Kocsis mentioned an “ongoing civil war” in the virtual space, which should be stopped. Furthermore, the parliament group leader said media outlets should also begin thinking about moderating such content. However, he slammed only left-leaning outlets for allowing hate speech on their social media walls, like Telex, HVG and 444.hu (meanwhile, Index and Telex have restricted the possibility of commenting under their articles about Fico shortly after the first news broke).
The parliamentary group leader did not share further details about the new regulation concerning comment writers and the outlets allowing the comments to appear on their social media sites.
‘Supporters of Magyar raised assassination of Orbán’ – paper
The daily Magyar Nemzet on Thursday said that supporters of Peter Magyar, leader of the non-parliamentary opposition Tisza Party, had discussed “the possible assassination of Viktor Orbán”, Hungary’s prime minister, in the wake of the attempt on the life of Slovak premier Robert Fico.
The paper cited “supporters of the Tisza Party’s European Parliament election list” discussing the matter on social media and referred to “shocking comments” made by “several left-wing politicians and their supporters”.
Viktor Orbán in Esztergom. Is he in danger? Photo: MTI
The paper singled out “old left-wing backbencher Balazs Lang”, whom it described as “an enthusiastic supporter of Peter Magyar” in connection with the relevant posts.
The article contained a reference to a comment that “they would not cry if someone shot Viktor”.
Politically motivated assassination attempt at Fico serious attack on Slovak democracy, sovereign politics, says the Hungarian foreign minister
The politically motivated assassination attempt against Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is a grievous attack against Slovak democracy and “the country’s sovereign politics based on the will of the people,” Péter Szijjártó,
Péter Magyar, one of the main adversaries of the Orbán cabinet right now and the ex-husband of former Justice Minister Judit Varga. Source: Facebook/Péter Magyar
the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said on Facebook on Friday, after a phone call with Peter Ziga, Slovakia’s interim speaker of parliament.
“My friend Peter said hope is growing as the days go by, but it will be a good many days before they will know anything definitive about the Slovak prime minister’s recovery,” Szijjártó said.
Szijjártó lamented Fico “dropping out at a time when the work of all pro-peace politicians is sorely needed.”
He conveyed Hungarians’ best wishes and said they were praying and hoping for Fico’s recovery.
Read also:
- Fico assassination attempt: Hungarian government shocked – read more HERE
- Orbán said ‘We trust Fico’s recovery’, but was misinformed about the attacker
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Yet another step to full viktatorship.
It will be INTERESTING what may or may not un-fold on the subject of this article.
Orban – Fidesz Government, as THEY have always PRACTICED taken a position of “right of reply, when NEGATIVITY in any form of there practices as the Government of Hungary has been questioned or CHALLENGED.
It is ACCEPTED, that when the Orban – Fidesz Government have used there “right of reply” this process has been KNOWN, to NOT “clear the air” that has proven, they the Government are being “un-duly” opposed or attacked, but on to many occasions, over the course of 14 years, as the Fidesz Government of Hungary, through there usage of propaganda and the “veiling of truth” – made there position of greater MICROSCOPE Investigation.
Democracy is Dialogue.
Orban – the Fidesz Government, on-going the Distillation of DEMOCRACY in Hungary, that control the Media, that control the Judiciary, that Rule by Decree, it WILL as the rightful PRESSURIZATION from in-side of Hungary and externally from within Europe and Globally, through the Orban – Fidesz Government rapidness to-wards a Dictatorship under Communistic Law, and relationships / partnerships – with China and Russia.
Democracy is “on it’s knees” in Hungary, and what is or whatever is introduced maybe in the content / subject of this article, will AGAIN broadcast out to citizens of Hungary, what THEY continue to deal with, live with, under the POWER of the Orban – Fidesz Government of Hungary.
Mario, be careful in what you write…the Viktator can send you to the gulag
How depressing. Free speech will be silenced. Orban has diabolically moved incrementally towards full dictatorship. I thank God that I live in the freedom and prosperity of Canada and don’t live in Orbanistan but I feel so sorry for family and friends who do. The pessimism is near universal and it just gets worse.
There is a difference between free speech and malicious slander. News can be interpreted in different ways, depending on your point of view. Interpretation of news is acceptable as long as there is proof. However, deliberate lying to ruing an opposition or an unpopular neighbor is unacceptable.
A good example is that someone would say that L. is not a natural child of the father, (the mother was sleeping by the milkman) therefore, he is not eligible to receive any part of the father’s estate. In this case, if the offended party has DNA proof, he should sue for his share of estate and punitive damages.