Public outrage was mounting Wednesday in Hungary against the
government’s plan to levy a hefty tax on Internet use from the start of
next year, with critics saying it would be detrimental to the country’s
economic development, limit access to information and hinder the
freedom of expression.
By Wednesday afternoon, 15,000 Facebook users have signed up to attend a street demonstration planned for Sunday in Budapest to protest against the new tax.
A trade union of teachers PSZ,
which claims to be the biggest in Hungary with 40,000 members, issued a
statement, saying “this measure seriously undermines the operation of
public education, limits the freedom of information, of education and
the right to learn.”
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