Media Funding, Weaponized - Transitions

Media Funding, Weaponized - Transitions

Two Hungarian media have lodged a complaint with the EU, challenging the Hungarian government's advertising practices. They have a strong case. From the Media Finance Monitor. The post Media Funding, Weaponized appeared first on Transitions.

The organisation calls for the intervention of the European Commission in the face of a new draft law in the country which intends to punish or prohibit foreign funding

Hungary proposes law to blacklist foreign-funded NGOs, media

Reading Time: 2 minutes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling Fidesz party submitted on Tuesday, 13 May a bill that would allow the government to monitor, penalise and potentially ban organisations receiving foreign funding and categorised as threats to national sovereignty. The draft law would expand the powers of the Sovereignty Protection Office (SPO), which was established in 2023, and has raised renewed concerns among Hungarian civ…