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Uganda: One Year of Social Media Tax
DW, 20 July 2019
The introduction of a social media tax a year ago in Uganda caused an outcry from government critics and rights groups. And today, even some of the staunchest supporters of the tax… Read more »
Uganda's Social Media Tax Still Firmly In Place a Year Later
In July 2018 the government slapped a tax on 58 different social media services, including WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, Google Hangouts, Uber, Tinder, Instagram, and Skype.This led to protests and some Ugandan lawyers took the matter to the Constitutional Court, saying the tax would limit freedom of expression and assembly, online.
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On top of footing the bill for social media taxes for MPs, parliament is set to provide at least 5GB monthly data bundles at just over U.S.$7000 for the 458 legislators. Read more »
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Two Makerere University students have been arrested for storming into Parliament to demonstrate against the newly introduced social media tax which came in to effect on July 1. ... Read more »
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The parliamentary committee on Information and Communication has said that the "over the top" social media tax introduced by the government in July 2018 seems to negatively ... Read more »
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Parliament has passed controversial taxes on mobile money transactions and social media use. The new law will impose a mandatory daily levy for WhatsApp users, while mobile money ... Read more »
