Hungary suspends Internet tax after huge backlash

Hungary's prime minister says the government will suspend a planned tax on Internet usage and reconsider the matter next year after huge backlash and numerous protests.

Hungary’s prime minister says the government will suspend a planned tax on Internet usage and reconsider the matter next year after huge backlash and numerous protests.

A scheme to make Internet service providers pay 150 forints ($0.62) per gigabyte of Internet traffic, later proposed to be capped at different monthly rates for individual and business users, sparked the protests and unrest.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday the tax will not be introduced because “people have questioned the rationality” of the measure, but added the government will hold a national consultation from mid-January about regulating and taxing the Internet.

 

 

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