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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sandpatch" data-source="post: 278199" data-attributes="member: 10543">I suspect that the regulation has much to with controlling what is to be seen by the public and less to do with protecting the rights of individuals.  It's a back door method of limiting the reach of social media and the freedom of public media.  One wonders if the shadow of four decades of Soviet rule still darkens some offices within Hungary's government.Since 9/11 in the U.S., a number of public transit agencies have arrested railroad buffs for taking pictures in public areas, under the guise of threat to infrastructure and Homeland Security.  Every case has been reversed, but photographers have gone through miserable ordeals to regain their equipment and clear their names of criminal record.</blockquote>