Sunday, July 08, 2018

#UGANDA: A Million Cell Phone Users Expected To Protest New "Gossip" Tax Monday

[world politics news]


A million of Uganda's 40 million cell phone users are expected to take to the streets Monday to protest a new tax that means users can no longer use sites and apps like Facebook, Twitter, Skype, WhatsApp, Instagram and Viber without paying a burdensome daily tax. The tax was the idea of Uganda’s president of 32 years, Yoweri Museveni, who had complained about online gossip.

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