Hungary says to target tech giants over alleged manipulation of social media platforms
MARTON DUNAI HUNGARY'S nationalist government said on Tuesday it would place restrictions on social media giants to prevent "deliberate, ideological" misuse of digital platforms by liberal critics ahead of elections in 2022. Justice Minister Judit Varga drew parallels with the shutdown of ex-U.S. President Donald Trump's main social media accounts by Twitter and Facebook after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, saying tech giants were also trying to limit the "free speech" of Hungarian state leaders. With Joe Biden's election as U.S. president, "the American tech gurus have also come unleashed, and (ex-president) Barack Obama himself has…