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Spooks in the newsroom: normal practice or latest Fidesz crackdown? (Photo: Peter Siroki)

Draft law on spies in media firms prompts outcry in Hungary

Hungarian media are demanding the government repeals a draft amendment to the national security law which, they say, would oblige newspapers, TV, radio stations, and online publications to employ covert intelligence officials if required by the authorities.

The amendment, by the minister of interior, lists "content providers" among other institutions, like postal, energy, and strategically important state firms, industrial fa...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Spooks in the newsroom: normal practice or latest Fidesz crackdown? (Photo: Peter Siroki)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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