So this was erroneously posted in 'gaming bs' by joxer but I thought i would move it here to post my comment:
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Kinda no, but in fact is.
https://torrentfreak.com/uganda-to-b…ia-tax-180702/
Uganda has new tax:
Starting yesterday, that’s now the reality in Uganda after the authorities introduced a controversial tax on people using dozens of Internet services including Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, and Instagram.
Passed in May by the Ugandan parliament, the legislation requires local Internet service providers to block a wide range of social media and telecoms platforms until subscribers pay a flat fee of 200 shillings (US$0.051) per day.
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This to me is incredible. A tax to visit certain sites? Would this be equivalent to a tax to text or a tax to walk across the street or a tax to play board game? I mean I suppose this might be a target simply because it is 'easy' to implement but I don't understand the logic - no money is changing hands between the consumer and the website and there is no value associated with people who use social media vs wiki (yes the companies make money but not the consumer).
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My guess is the tax is done to discourage the use of these services but it still seems kind of odd to myself (btw no clue how much value $1.5 is for someone living in ugandia - naturally in the us it is less then the govt tax for phone service).
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Kinda no, but in fact is.
https://torrentfreak.com/uganda-to-b…ia-tax-180702/
Uganda has new tax:
Starting yesterday, that’s now the reality in Uganda after the authorities introduced a controversial tax on people using dozens of Internet services including Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, and Instagram.
Passed in May by the Ugandan parliament, the legislation requires local Internet service providers to block a wide range of social media and telecoms platforms until subscribers pay a flat fee of 200 shillings (US$0.051) per day.
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This to me is incredible. A tax to visit certain sites? Would this be equivalent to a tax to text or a tax to walk across the street or a tax to play board game? I mean I suppose this might be a target simply because it is 'easy' to implement but I don't understand the logic - no money is changing hands between the consumer and the website and there is no value associated with people who use social media vs wiki (yes the companies make money but not the consumer).
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My guess is the tax is done to discourage the use of these services but it still seems kind of odd to myself (btw no clue how much value $1.5 is for someone living in ugandia - naturally in the us it is less then the govt tax for phone service).