{"id":"HUN-023","notes":"Coded Sep 25 2026 from Civic Space Watch. Broadcast two months before the April 2026 election. Same named organisations as the SPO's earlier reports (HUN-009).","country":"Hungary","sources":[{"url":"https://civicspacewatch.eu/alert/hungary-state-funded-film-attacks-csos-and-media/","citation":"https://civicspacewatch.eu/alert/hungary-state-funded-film-attacks-csos-and-media/"},{"url":"https://atlatszo.hu/kozpenz/2026/04/09/a-fidesz-frakcio-363-millio-forintert-csinaltatott-filmet-az-usaid-rol-kalomistaekkal/","citation":"https://atlatszo.hu/kozpenz/2026/04/09/a-fidesz-frakcio-363-millio-forintert-csinaltatott-filmet-az-usaid-rol-kalomistaekkal/"},{"url":"https://telex.hu/belfold/2026/02/22/kozteve-m1-hirado-kozmedia-kampany","citation":"https://telex.hu/belfold/2026/02/22/kozteve-m1-hirado-kozmedia-kampany"}],"summary":"On 17 February 2026 Hungarian public television broadcast a 60-minute 'documentary' (Mi vagyunk a világ, 'We Are the World') commissioned by the Fidesz parliamentary group for about HUF 363 million (€900,000) of public money. It claimed a network of Hungarian CSOs and independent media was secretly funded by the United States to influence Hungarian politics, showing a 'network' diagram with their names and logos. The Director of the Sovereignty Protection Office was one of its three main speakers, although courts had already found that the Office published false information about at least one of the outlets named.","tactics":[{"code":"TC-15","role":"primary","label":"Pseudo-documentary / Propaganda Film","needs_review":false},{"code":"TC-06","role":"secondary","label":"Coordinated Media Amplification","needs_review":false}],"version":1,"channels":["State-funded propaganda film broadcast on public television (M1)"],"entities":[{"id":1169,"name":"Fidesz parliamentary group (commissioned and paid); public broadcaster; Sovereignty Protection Office Director (speaker)","role":"actor","entity_type":"Government / Regime-aligned media"},{"id":1170,"name":"Named CSOs and media: Menedék, Háttér Society, Budapest Pride, Amnesty International Hungary, Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union; Telex, 444.hu, Direkt36, Átlátszó","role":"target","entity_type":"CSO; Media"}],"date_text":"17/02/2026","created_at":"2026-09-25T12:58:51.130299+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}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":[],"updated_at":"2026-09-25T12:58:51.130299+00:00","occurred_on":"2026-02-17","campaign_ids":["HUN-CAMP-003"],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":[],"trigger_type":"TR-04: Electoral Event","campaign_phase":"","civic_response":"","date_precision":"day","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Social Trust Erosion","institutional_consequence":"Narrative damage; Chilling effect"}