HDMO - Hungarian hub against disinformation

When Google and Meta phased out political advertising in the EU in autumn 2025, the immediate effect was visible: most major political advertisers disappeared. Parties, politicians and government-aligned proxy actors largely vanished from the official ad libraries. The overall volume of political ads dropped. But they did not disappear. Don’t miss @Pol_Cap 's latest post on @EDMO_EUI 's blog about how political ads still slip through Google and Meta’s filters in Hungary: tinyurl.com/ytbm63np

A great article in @POLITICOEurope that I was happy to contribute to. Hungary’s centralization of power and unwillingness to fight misinformation make it a “super spreader” of narratives that the Kremlin also endorses. @HdmoHub @egreechee @jamiewrit politico.eu/article/brusse…

As the pre-election period unfolds in Hungary, the deepfakes are flooding the Hungarian election campaign. Szilárd Teczár from @lakmusz_hu and @peterkreko from @Pol_Cap just gave a comment on the threats of election integrity, including AI-generated videos and Russian disinformation narratives. Don’t miss the article about it on Politico: politico.eu/article/brusse…

EDMO Guidelines for Effective Media Literacy Initiatives This set of principles and guidelines for effective media literacy initiatives has been developed by the EDMO Council on Effective Media Literacy Initiatives with input from the EDMO Hubs and other practitioners and experts. Its goal is to increase the effectiveness of media literacy initiatives across Europe by developing guidelines. This is crucial to EDMO’s wider mission, since better media literacy is likely to increase the public’s resilience to online mis- and disinformation. Download the PDF here: edmo.eu/areas-of-activ… #EDMO #Guidelines #MediaLiteracy #PolicyMakers ##Educators

Conflict in the Middle East is fueling a "narrative war" of disinformation. From AI fakes to old footage, see how real facts on the ground are being targeted. Read our full analysis here: meddmo.eu/narrative-war-… #MedDMO #EDMOeu #Disinformation #Analysis

🗞️ "The #EU is going to #Ukraine empty-handed ― thanks to #Hungary", titled @POLITICOEurope last week. Viktor Orbán's heavily criticized blocking of the €90 billion #EUloan to Ukraine once again underlined the enormous international relevance of Hungary's upcoming #elections. In their latest analysis, @lakmusz_hu / @HdmoHub show that Russian actors actively seek to influence how Hungarians will #vote, that #Meta's ban on #PoliticalAdvertising is still being circumvented, and that the dissemination of #AI-generated #disinformation continues to be a key factor in this campaign. Read the full article: edmo.eu/publications/r…

The campaign in🇭🇺 shows that Fidesz aims to dominate the social media space w a new toolkit- from unlabelled AI-generated political videos through “Facebook fight clubs”, and political ads despite their ban. @HdmoHub My comments to @anupriyadatta96 euractiv.com/news/hungarys-…

"AI deepfakes often appear highly realistic and can capture attention more easily than traditional political ads. As a result, they can go viral without the need for paid promotion – dubbing them “super-spreaders of disinformation”." @Pol_Cap 's director, Péter Krekó, together with Szilárd Teczár, Editor-in-Chief of @lakmusz_hu , shared their insights with @Euractiv on the disinformation landscape shaping Hungary’s election campaign, including the growing role of AI-generated content and deepfakes. 🔗 tinyurl.com/bddf89ek

We are very proud to share that Isabelle Wirth has been elected and will represent the Hungarian Digital Media Observatory in the Executive Board of the @EDMO_EUI. 🎉 Congratulations, Isabelle! 🎉 As a hub, we are proud of this representation and see it as a valuable opportunity to foster a shared vision and further enhance the overall impact of EDMO’s activities across the network.

🚫 14 #Fidesz politicians circumvented the #Meta ban on paid #politicaladvertising in January. Only a fraction of the ads was caught by the #platform. 👉 Read the full investigation by @lakmusz_hu @HdmoHub: edmo.eu/publications/d…

🗳️ Cast the right #vote or prepare to die in war: Hungarian voters are being exposed to various extreme #AI-generated videos and claims as the country moves closer to its parliamentary #elections on April 12. 🔍 Read the second weekly #disinformation digest of @HdmoHub partner @lakmusz_hu, with contributions from @Pol_Cap, to catch up on latest developments – and to learn all about those missing ducks... 🦆 👉 edmo.eu/publications/f…

Great talk yesterday at @EUI_EU @STGEUI on political and psychological long-COVID, covid-regret and longer-term policy implications w brilliant experts: @Fatassinari @LahatLihi , and @IvaLitre. Great attendence, and a lot of @HdmoHub and @EDMO_EUI connections.📷@goripaula

🇬🇱 “#Disinformation and influence campaigns lay the groundwork for deeply erroneous decisions – decisions that can trigger serious and unpredictable consequences for our societies, democracies, and our ability to coexist, whether in #Denmark, #Greenland, #Europe, or beyond,” says @ThomasHedin, editor-in-chief of @TjekDet, member of @nordishub. 👉 But which were the most central claims to invade the public discourse, and how effective did they turn out to be? For answers, take a look at the latest @TjekDet investigation: edmo.eu/publications/h…

A blog post based on @lakmusz_hu article about Grokipedia, the online encyclopedia launched by Elon Musk, is now also available on the European Digital Media Observatory's (@EDMO_EUI ) blog. 🔗 Read the English blog post on EDMO: tinyurl.com/55bh2zfx 🔗 The original article was published on Lakmusz: tinyurl.com/3upapvvk

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