WEB NEWS - Internet tax sparks outrage in Hungary
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In this edition: an Internet tax sparks outrage in Hungary; Canadians show support for the country's Muslim community; and a German man demonstrating extreme wheel-barrowing.
INTERNET TAX SPARKS OUTRAGE IN HUNGARY
Thousands of people took to the streets of Hungary last Sunday to protest against government plans to introduce a new Internet tax which would see Internet service providers imposed a 48 euro cent levy per gigabyte of data transferred. Web users have started an online campaign to prevent the tax being approved, as they fear it will be passed on in their charges.
The main Facebook page set up by opponents of the Internet tax has drawn around 218 000 likes in under a week; testimony to the level of opposition the measures are facing. And over on Twitter, angry Hungarians are voicing their objection under the #internettax and #internetado hashtags. Many feel that making Internet access more expensive is a real blow to democracy; an attack on freedom of expression and the right to information. Others, as we can see in this satirical take on the Back to the Future movie fear the move represents a step backwards for Hungary.
Journalist Blanka Zoldi has voiced similar fears. In an article for online news site Budapestbeacon, she explains the famous tax will mean services that were previously free of charge like using skype to make a telephone call for example or watching a video on YouTube or spending time on social networks, will now incur a charge… this blog is trying to anticipate the situation by offering its visitors more basic versions of its articles so as to cut back on data usage.
CANADIANS HELP CLEAN UP VANDALIZED MOSQUE
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INTERNET TAX SPARKS OUTRAGE IN HUNGARY
Thousands of people took to the streets of Hungary last Sunday to protest against government plans to introduce a new Internet tax which would see Internet service providers imposed a 48 euro cent levy per gigabyte of data transferred. Web users have started an online campaign to prevent the tax being approved, as they fear it will be passed on in their charges.
The main Facebook page set up by opponents of the Internet tax has drawn around 218 000 likes in under a week; testimony to the level of opposition the measures are facing. And over on Twitter, angry Hungarians are voicing their objection under the #internettax and #internetado hashtags. Many feel that making Internet access more expensive is a real blow to democracy; an attack on freedom of expression and the right to information. Others, as we can see in this satirical take on the Back to the Future movie fear the move represents a step backwards for Hungary.
Journalist Blanka Zoldi has voiced similar fears. In an article for online news site Budapestbeacon, she explains the famous tax will mean services that were previously free of charge like using skype to make a telephone call for example or watching a video on YouTube or spending time on social networks, will now incur a charge… this blog is trying to anticipate the situation by offering its visitors more basic versions of its articles so as to cut back on data usage.
CANADIANS HELP CLEAN UP VANDALIZED MOSQUE
Two days after the shooting at the Canadian parliament in Ottawa Wednesday October 22, a mosque in Cold Lak... Go on reading on our web site.
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