Hungarian Media Puts Up Blank Pages To Protest Censorship Bill
from the good-for-them dept
We noted that some media publications in Hungary were considering a "media blackout" to protest new laws that would greatly increase government control over the media, by forcing the media to reveal sources and threatening fines if the government felt that coverage wasn't "balanced." While we doubted that such a protest would have much of an impact, it does appear that many of the major media properties put up blank pages on their websites to protest the law. And now we'll see whether or not it has any impact at all...
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>> expected to approve it on 13 December.
that was one month ago, looks like the bill passed and law is in effect:
http://www.borisloukanov.com/hungarian-media-bill-threat-democracy/
didn't find any clear answers, if any1 does plz post
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Oh weird. Someone anonymous had submitted the story and I didn't realize it was so old. There were plans for another "blank page" protest this week, so I had assumed that's what this was about.
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All I can say is...
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