It didn’t take long for Big Tech to ban Donald Trump from Twitter and Facebook whilst Amazon completely shut down Parler, killing millions of Conservative voices.
Now Conservative, euro-sceptic Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is fearful that Big Tech will silence and censor him and his supporters in the run up to Hungary’s general election next year.
According to the Dailymail, Orban is taking steps to protect free speech and democracy in Hungary. His Government has just announced a “digital freedom” fight against US tech giants.
We all have to be prepared for such a situation,’ Gabor Kubatov, a vice-chairman of Orban’s ruling party Fidesz, said referring to the Trump account bans.
Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga said the government ‘will propose a law to the Parliament this spring’ aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech.
‘They could (arbitrarily) switch off bakers, hairdressers, pensioners, teachers, small businesses and state leaders as well,’ she said after a meeting of her ministry’s ‘Digital Freedom Committee’.
On her own Facebook page, the Justice Minister went on to say:
“To reduce their reach, Facebook also limits the visibility of Christian, conservative, right-wing opinions”.
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