Hungary Shelves Internet Tax Plans Following Protests

Abhimanyu Ghoshal, The Next Web
Fri, 10/31/2014 - 3:45am

The Hungarian government is shelving its plan to tax internet data transfer by the gigabyte, following protest rallies attended by thousands of concerned citizens in Budapest since last week, reports Reuters. Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose ruling Fidesz party proposed the tax be levied to shore up Hungary’s budget in 2015, issued a statement on public radio saying, “This tax in its current form cannot be introduced because the government wanted to extend a telecommunications tax, but the people see an internet tax.

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Hungary Shelves Internet Tax Plans Following Protests

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