Abstract

The last decade brought turmoil in the media field in Central Eastern Europe. Hungary, although a member of the EU since 2004, is a country where concerns about media freedom were growing in the last decade. Taking account of the country as a prominent player in the illiberal regimes, it is not surprising that famous media-related cases could be found in front of different international courts. Cases before the ECtHR like Magyar Kétfarkú Kutya Párt versus Hungary, Magyar Tartalomszolgáltatók Egyesülete and Index.hu Zrt versus Hungary, Magyar Jeti Zrt versus Hungary, or Herbai versus Hungary show new ways to treat questions concerning digital media. The same is applicable to Ker-Optika, Artisjus or Telenor Magyarország cases before the CJEU. The article explores those landmark Hungarian digital media cases before supranational European courts and shows that although Hungary’s internal regulation has been the subject of much criticism, the country has made a significant contribution to clarifying the details of European digital media regulation.