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If you are wondering how this "democracy" thing is going over at the Emperorship of Hungary weeks before the election: independent investigative journalists Direkt36 report that the Constitution Protection Office has used made-up child pornography allegations to force the Child Protection Bureau to investigate the people operating the opposition TISZA party's technical infra. One of the high-ranking officers of the Child Protection Bureau explains the many oddities they have encountered in the process, uncovering a plot to collapse TISZA's IT systems in a bid to prevent them to partake in the election, and finding that these people were cajoled, coerced and incriminated with methods and resources "akin to those of the secret service".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXmuE2TX9yE

"Egy ideális rendszerben nem kellene itt ülnöm" - megszólal a nyomozó a Tisza-műveletről

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Flaki 3d ago

Article in English: https://telex.hu/direkt36/2026/03/25/inside-the-covert-operation-to-bring-down-the-party-threatening-viktor-orban-s-rule

Inside the covert operation to bring down the party threatening Viktor Orbán's rule

According to documents obtained by Direkt36, a secret operation was carried out to bring down the IT systems of the Hungarian opposition party Tisza. IT specialists affiliated with the party planned to expose this, but then police officers, pressured by the Hungarian secret services, raided them, apparently on trumped-up charges.

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Flaki 2d ago

As the saying goes, "it is going to be a *lot* worse before it (maybe) gets better..."

https://telex.hu/english/2026/03/26/accusing-investigative-journalists-of-espionage-is-unprecedented-this-is-the-hallmark-of-putin-s-russia-accused-journalist-says

Accusing investigative journalists of espionage is unprecedented, this is the hallmark of Putin's Russia, accused journalist says

It was announced on Thursday that the Hungarian government has filed charges of espionage against investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi. He responded with a statement, suggesting that he has knowledge of an even more serious case.

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Flaki 2d ago

Without doubt.

(he is, of course, being immediately prosecuted - https://telex.hu/direkt36/2026/03/26/detective-with-inside-knowledge-of-the-operation-against-tisza-party-speaks-up)

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The fundraiser launched by the family of Bence Szabó to help him cover legal costs and pay off his employment-linked mortgage loan is about to cross the 500,000€ mark.

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