Watch our director, @peterkreko, share his insights on how disinformation is shaping the Hungarian election campaign on @TVPWorld_com. https://t.co/iw0wjfOUcL

💬🗞️ Our Research Affiliate @peterkreko commented to @POLITICOEurope on Hungary's dependence on Russian oil. Read what he said: 👉

Has the Democratic Party moved left? Yes, on some issues a lot (figure on the left). But the ideology of the Republican party has become far more extreme overall (figure on the right).

🚨 New publication with Endre Sik in Central and Eastern European Migration Review: “Hungary as an Ideological Informational Autocracy and the Moral Panic Button.” We argue that Hungary has evolved into an informational autocracy (in the sense of @sguriev and @dstreisman ):

Are you in Chișinău, Moldova, on November 7 and 8? If so, check out the #UnveiltheTruth conference and look for the panel on #informationalautocracy featuring our director, @peterkreko.

Engagement-based #algorithms amplify intergroup hostility + moral-emotional content, leading it to be overrepresented in your feed This leads us to falsely perceive that people want to see this kind of content and share more of it ourselves. This technology fuels false

Really looking forward to this panel and the whole conference next week in Chisinau!

One more important step in strengthening Orbàn’s informational autocracy before the elections next April: the Pro-governmental Hungarian Indamedia has bought Hungary's main tabloid newspaper, Blikk - from the Swiss Ringier. And it will be turned to another governmental

"Orbán has done everything he could to avoid giving up Russian oil, but if fhe US and EU the sanctions go ahead, Hungary will have to start taking alternatives seriously.”- my comment to @POLITICOEurope

Imagine bordering a country where civilians are being butchered on a daily basis, children murdered in their homes and forming a coalition against them. What deeply sick people.

Our director, @peterkreko was quoted in a @guardian article about Hungary’s upcoming election. “A bit of trickery and a lot of campaigning” could still shift the polls. "This is an open race, and Tisza’s lead is not unchangeable.” https://t.co/d0nIjTELbY

Right-wing populist movements around the world are reshaping and appropriating the idea of freedom and liberties— presenting themselves as its true defenders against “globalist,” “liberal,” “woke,” or “Muslim” forces. Paradoxically, many of these actors promote policies that

🇭🇺 On this day in 1956, Hungarians rose up against Soviet occupation—and showed solidarity with the 🇵🇱 Polish (“lengyel”) nation, whose June 1956 Poznań protests had been crushed. 🎥 Footage: Blinken OSA Archivum, post-colorized by Colorful History (Színes Történelem) YT channel

A great and important article by @lilirutai on @observer on a segment of the media that Orbán's informational autocracy can't control- with a comment of mine! YouTube has become an independent lifeline for independent voices in an authoritarian media landscape. In Hungary,

⸻ As I told @AP @jspikebudapest Orbán’s diplomacy isn’t just about prestige — it’s about repositioning Hungary as a hub for illiberal cooperation. A Trump–Putin meeting in Budapest would symbolize an alternative axis of power that seeks to weaken the international multilateral

Meeting Trump in Budapest is perfect. That's where we promised never to invade Ukraine in the first place.