The Guardian: By publishing the agent lists, Hungary confronts its past

The exposure of informants from the communist era aims to restore public trust. These individuals monitored society, often coerced into reporting on neighbors, friends, and even family members. Some were recruited with promises of various benefits. A new law was enacted last month, with surveys indicating that two-thirds of the population supports it. The database will be searchable online, making it the most transparent in the former Eastern Bloc, according to reporter Lili Rutai from Budapest.