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

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

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