Internet & Online Safety · Hungary
Online safety & content laws in Hungary (2026)
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Hungary applies the EU Digital Services Act as its primary online platform and content-moderation framework, with the NMHH designated as the sole Digital Services Coordinator since January 2023 and the DSA fully in force for all intermediaries since February 2024. Parliament supplemented EU rules with national laws on child protection online (Act XLIX/2024) and criminalisation of online incitement to violence (Act LXXVIII/2024). Freedom House rates Hungary 'Partly Free' on internet freedom, noting concerns about government influence over the media landscape and use of the Sovereignty Protection Office to investigate independent online outlets.
Key points
Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (Digital Services Act) has applied to all online intermediaries in Hungary since 17 February 2024; designated VLOPs and VLOSEs were already subject to it from August 2023.
The National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH) was designated Hungary's sole DSC from 1 January 2023 under Act XCIX of 2023 (DSA Executive Act). The NMHH can impose conditions and obligations as interim measures for up to 90 days to avert serious and imminent harm to users.
Act LXXVIII of 2024, in force from 1 January 2025, criminalises publicly publishing content on electronic communications networks that incites violent acts, carrying imprisonment of up to one year; it also imposes moderation-policy obligations on press publishers that host user comments.
Act XLIX of 2024 on restricting pornographic content online obliges ISPs to provide filtering software to residential subscribers free of charge upon request; advertising rules protecting children on video-sharing platforms and in electronic media took effect 1 January 2025.
Act LXXIX of 2021 bans minors from accessing online content depicting homosexuality or gender identity divergence; a further April 2025 constitutional amendment banning LGBT+ events has impacted online organising, with Freedom House noting a score decline as a direct result.
Freedom House (2025) rates Hungary 'Partly Free' on internet freedom (score declined in 2025), citing government-aligned media dominance, use of the Sovereignty Protection Office to investigate independent online outlets (e.g. Átlátszó) for foreign funding, and politically motivated investigations into journalists.
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