Claim 69

The office created by the law could investigate and stigmatize independent media as sovereignty threats.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The office created by the law could investigate and stigmatize independent media as sovereignty threats.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Independent outlets faced investigation risk under the Sovereignty Protection Office
About: incident 2023-hungary-sovereignty-protection-act
Source: Hungary's initial media reforms are promising but lasting safeguards still needed
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2026-07-22

Quotation from the source

harass and delegitimize independent media by labeling them threats to national sovereignty