However, the independent outlet 444.hu quickly reported that the protest action had been coordinated by key staff members of a Fidesz-linked digital campaign agency. “What the data shows is that Hungarian citizens used the same platforms not as passive consumers of propaganda, but as an active counter-disinformation force. That the truth behind the flag-unfurling was exposed by an independent media outlet highlights the importance of the free press. This issue became a narrative thread itself; in the report’s comparison, a poll by the Fidesz-aligned Nezopont Institute scored 15 on the viral intensity index, while the counter-response scored 35. The pattern was not universal, however: in the widely discussed case of a Ukrainian cash-in-transit seizure that was heavily used for propaganda purposes by the pro-government media, Repsense measured the original narrative and the counter-narrative at the same viral intensity.