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Massive protest held in Budapest against state-funded propaganda campaigns
Tens of thousands gathered to speak up against the government spending taxpayers’ money on campaigns which incite hatred, mislead voters and divide the society.
Thousands of people filled Budapest’s Heroes’ Square to the brim on Sunday night to protest the government’s massive propaganda campaigns (on social media, YouTube,billboards and through the so-called national consultations) which have become a regular occurrence in Hungary in the past decade and a half. They also pointed out that since the appearance of the first blue government propaganda billboards eight years ago, Antal Rogán' s ministry has spent a total of more than 257 billion forints(more than 658 million euros) on such communication campaigns. Speaking to Telex previously, the co-founder and artistic director of the Loupe Theatre Troupe, János Antal Hováth explained that it was the recent billboard campaign depicting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Péter Magyar, the leader of the Tisza Party as two chicks hatched in the same nest that was the last drop for them and which made them decide to do something about this issue.
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