A few weeks before the parliamentary elections in Hungary, complaints began to emerge that point to Meta because of a possible restriction on the reach of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's posts on Facebook, the social network with the highest penetration in the country.
The controversy occurs in a highly competitive electoral context, where the political battle is no longer being waged only on traditional terrain, but also in the digital ecosystem. In this scenario, any alteration in the visibility of the content can have a direct impact on public opinion
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As it transpired, the supposed limitation of Orbán's content would have been preceded by a call from a member of the opposition Tisza Party, who also had previously worked at Meta, urging his followers to denounce the president's publications massively. This type of action, if coordinated, could activate automatic moderation mechanisms within the platform









