Hungary launches terrifying crackdown on TV channel that aired pro-LGBT+ advert

Hungary’s television watchdog is launching a legal attack against a a TV network for airing a pro-LGBT+ advertisement.

The advert, according to the National Media and Infocommunications Authority, is not “suitable for children” because it featured same-sex families – clashing with the country’s strict media codes, Euractiv reported.

First airing across Radio Television Luxembourg (RTL) channels, the advert was part of a national campaign spearheaded by the national LGBT+ rights advocacy group Háttér Társaság.

It featured various LGBT+ people and experts, from educators to doctors to therapists, debunking myths about queer families.

Now Hungary’s broadcast regulators have taken aim at RTL for airing the ad on its channels.

In doing so, regulators said, RTL went against a controversial media law that says broadcasters must “respect for the institution of marriage and family values”.

Source: PinkNews