# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2023-hungary-sovereignty-protection-act)
- Source: Hungary's initial media reforms are promising but lasting safeguards still needed. https://cpj.org/2026/07/hungarys-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

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/69. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.