Thursday, January 6

Blackout for Hungary (Updated)

http://bbc.in/edZ4CV
'On the 21st of December the party holding the majority of the Hungarian parliament voted in favor of a new media law that is a collection of some of the most oppressive and undemocratic laws from all over Europe including some worrying additions. 
To show our concern for fundamental rights and free speech we black out our online presence of the 5th January 2011 for at least 24 hours.'
I learned about this through a friend who tweeted this link to me. Once you proceed to the site, you can find several ways to support the cause by either copy pasting the html code or putting banners and messages like the one you see below that would be displayed on your sites and blogs.

Lets support the cause!




You can find a lot more on the following websites and blogs:

  • http://www.kosmopolito.org/2010/12/26/budapest-we-have-a-problem-censorban/
  • http://esbalogh.typepad.com/hungarianspectrum/2010/12/the-hungarian-media-law-is-passed.html
  • http://esbalogh.typepad.com/hungarianspectrum/2010/12/quite-a-day-serious-warnings-for-hungary.html
  • http://esbalogh.typepad.com/hungarianspectrum/2010/12/protest-over-the-new-media-law.html
  • http://esbalogh.typepad.com/hungarianspectrum/2010/12/the-pressure-on-the-hungarian-government-continues.html
  • http://esbalogh.typepad.com/hungarianspectrum/2010/12/some-historical-perspectives-on-freedom-of-speech.html
  • http://esbalogh.typepad.com/hungarianspectrum/2010/12/self-censorship_at_mti.html
  • http://esbalogh.typepad.com/hungarianspectrum/2010/12/viktor-orbáns-views-on-the-media-law.html
  • http://esbalogh.typepad.com/hungarianspectrum/2010/12/viktor-orbáns-views-on-the-media-law.html
  • http://www.bloggingportal.eu/blog/european-blog-action-against-censorship-in-hungary/
  • http://globalvoicesonline.org/-/world/eastern-central-europe/hungary/
  • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/26/AR2010122601791.html
  • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/27/AR2010122702864.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
  • http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BK6KF20101221
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12051665

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