Thousands of blogs Hungarian and English, but also sites with high traffic such as The Pirate Bay, participate in a campaign called "blackout for Hungary" to denounce the new press law came into force in that country in early January. Customers wishing to participate in the operation are invited to publish on their site or on a black social networks and to refrain from publishing on the Internet for twenty-four hours, 5 January.Unique in the entire European Union, the Media Act provides for fines of up to 730,000 euros in case of "harming the public interest, public order and morality" or publication of "partial information", without clearly defining these crimes. It can also compel journalists to reveal their sources on matters of national security.
Strongly denounced by the Hungarian press, the text has created strong emotions in Europe, while Hungary took the rotating presidency of the EU on 1 January. The "blackout" recalls another campaign, conducted in New Zealand in 2009 in protest against the tightening of intellectual property laws.
The text was finally changed. The "blackout" Hungarian launched apparently it independently, so far has not been followed by the Hungarian press. Neither nor Nespszabadsag Nepszava, the two newspapers that had published a blank page in their print editions on January 3 to protest against the press law, only display the logo of the transaction on their websites.
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