{"id":"HUN-002","notes":"HHC won lawsuit Jan 2020; government paid compensation. Narrative infrastructure for LexNGO.","country":"Hungary","sources":[{"url":null,"citation":"Helsinki Committee Diary: Government attacks against civil society (helsinkifigyelo.hu); ECF/Okotars 2025"}],"summary":"Government launched National Consultation questionnaire distributed to all Hungarian households containing false and misleading characterizations of NGOs as national security threats linked to Soros-funded illegal migration facilitation. HHC filed lawsuit; Budapest court ruled questionnaire violated HHC's right to good reputation. Government eventually required to publish apology. First state-level weaponization of consultation mechanism for CSO demonization.","tactics":[{"code":"TC-01","role":"primary","label":"Ambient Narrative Seeding","needs_review":false},{"code":"TC-06","role":"secondary","label":"Coordinated Media Amplification","needs_review":false}],"version":2,"channels":["National Consultation Process","State Postal Distribution"],"entities":[{"id":825,"name":"Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister","role":"actor","entity_type":"Government"},{"id":826,"name":"Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC); Hungarian civil society broadly; OSF/Soros network","role":"target","entity_type":"CSO"}],"date_text":"04/2017","created_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","escalation":3,"harm_track":"Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion","narratives":[{"code":"NF-01","role":"primary","label":"Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence","needs_review":false},{"code":"LEGACY-N-c422428f906e","role":"secondary","label":"Security Threat","needs_review":true}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":[],"updated_at":"2026-09-24T23:55:13.337585+00:00","occurred_on":"2017-04-01","campaign_ids":["HUN-CAMP-001"],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":["CR-HUN-004"],"trigger_type":"TR-08: Proactive / Ambient","campaign_phase":"Phase 1: Authorization","civic_response":"Defamation / personal rights lawsuit against the government. | Outcome (see Civic Responses CR-HUN-004): HHC sued the Cabinet Office; the Kúria confirmed the questionnaire was false (apology + HUF 2 million).","date_precision":"month","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Social Trust Erosion","institutional_consequence":"Reputational damage to sector; public opinion priming for LexNGO"}