Hungary's controversial child protection law widely criticized as being anti
LGBT is appearing before the E U's Court of Justice
. The law proclaimed zero tolerance for convicted pedophiles.
However, it also heavily restricts depictions of homosexuality and
gender reassignment in media content and educational material addressed to
audiences under age 18. The legislation therefore came under
fire for conflating pedophilia with homosexuality as the text stated
purpose is to strengthen the protection of Children against sex
offenders. A political backlash was triggered with countries signing
joint letters and Prime Ministers openly voicing their discontent with
Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orban. The European Commission referred
Hungary to the E U's Court of Justice claiming that
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