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proposed tax on Internet has been put on hold by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Hungary's government was pushing full steam ahead to impose tax on Internet traffic. It faced huge opposition from public and from businesses. Mr Orban announced his government had frozen plans after witnessing huge street protests in capital Budapest. He also eventually took heed of warnings from European Union that tax would be mistake. Orban announced his climb-down in a radio broadcast on Friday, saying: "This tax in its current form cannot be introduced. If people not only dislike something but also consider it unreasonable, then it should not be done."

Hungary's U-turn on Internet tax is not yet victory for people. Prime Minister Orban said he had not scrapped idea altogether. He said there would be consultations starting in January next year to investigate potential of generating tax revenue from Internet. He said it would obviously have to be different in nature to one just binned. That involved 60-cent tax on every gigabyte of data someone consumed. Critics voiced concerns this would limit freedom of expression and hurt online companies. Citizens will continue to campaign for tax-free Internet. anti-tax Facebook page already has over 250,000 Likes.