{"id":9858,"date":"2026-06-01T14:18:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=9858"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:18:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:18:54","slug":"fabricating-proof-the-disinformation-tactics-that-shaped-hungarys-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/06\/01\/fabricating-proof-the-disinformation-tactics-that-shaped-hungarys-election\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fabricating proof\u2019: The disinformation tactics that shaped Hungary\u2019s election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ahead of Hungary&#8217;s parliamentary elections on April 12, 2026, political parties deployed aggressive domestic disinformation campaigns and fabricated narratives to sway voters. While Russian election interference operations were also active, experts noted that at least 90% of the disinformation originated domestically, primarily driven by Viktor Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s ruling Fidesz party to counter opposition challenger Peter Magyar. To bypass strict advertising restrictions on mainstream social media platforms, campaigns relied on private Facebook groups, AI-generated videos, and to spread propaganda. Despite these deceptive efforts, Magyar&#8217;s Tisza party ultimately secured a landmark two-thirds majority in parliament, ending Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s 16-year tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: April 13, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2026\/04\/13\/fabricating-proof-the-disinformation-tactics-that-shaped-hungarys-election\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of Hungary&#8217;s parliamentary elections on April 12, 2026, political parties deployed aggressive domestic disinformation campaigns and fabricated narratives to sway voters. While Russian election interference operations were also active, experts noted that at least 90% of the disinformation originated domestically, primarily driven by Viktor Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s ruling Fidesz party to counter opposition challenger Peter Magyar. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":9861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unregulated-digitalization-of-political-arena"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9858"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9993,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9858\/revisions\/9993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}