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29th October 2014
08:48am GMT

People came out in force to protest the proposal.
If introduced, the proposal will see Hungarians fork out money per gigabyte used, with companies possibly facing high taxes on usage.
Speaking to Deutsche Welle, protestor Daniel Mayer said; “It is symbolic, because the Internet is something which was free and not controlled or influenced by the government…my problem is not the money, it’s the principle of it which makes me angry.
“The government just wants money and they have run out of ideas. They have a tax on banks, on grocery stores, on telecommunication companies and now they have decided to tax the Internet.”
Other protestors claimed that the tax was an attempt by Prime Minister Viktor Orbanto to restrict the freedom of information.
“Those who use the Internet see more of the world, that’s why the government doesn’t want a free Internet. We’re not going to pay an Internet tax to a corrupt tax authority,” said organizer Balazs Gulyas.
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