Uganda imposes WhatsApp and Facebook tax ‘to stop gossip’

In the latest news, a report has it that Uganda‘s parliament has passed a law to impose a controversial tax on people using social media platforms. It imposes a 200 shilling [$0.05, £0.04] daily levy on people using internet messaging platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber and Twitter.  President Yoweri Museveni had pushed for the changes, … Read more

Uganda imposes WhatsApp and Facebook tax ‘to stop gossip’

In the latest news, a report has it that Uganda‘s parliament has passed a law to impose a controversial tax on people using social media platforms. It imposes a 200 shilling [$0.05, £0.04] daily levy on people using internet messaging platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber and Twitter.  President Yoweri Museveni had pushed for the changes, … Read more