Ugandu has reached rock bottom and yet has started to dig even deeper with the recent announcement that a daily fee of 200 shillings will be levied to use social media. This is not the first time a country has attempted to have ISPs charge a separate fee for social network access.
Today, Uganda's parliament passed a controversial "social media tax." It will consist of a daily fee of about 200 shillings (5 US cents) levied on anyone who uses social networking and messaging apps and platforms like Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter. According to Trading Economics, in 2016, Uganda had a per-capita income of $666.10, so this isn't an insubstantial tax.
President Yoweri Museveni was a vocal supporter of and advocate the bill. He believes that social media encourages "gossip," according to BBC News. The law will go into effect as of July 1st, but it's not clear how the government will monitor its citizens or collect the tax.
Also at the BBC
(Score: 2) by frojack on Sunday June 03 2018, @05:33PM (1 child)
So the GP was correct after all.
Those platforms that you can actually use social media on (something more that a dumb cell phone) are very rare. Just 15.8 per cent of the population own smart phones, according to your own link.
You can't do much social media on a dumb phone. About all you can do is gossip via actual phone calls. (Horrors!)
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 3, Informative) by cubancigar11 on Monday June 04 2018, @03:35AM
You can do WhatsApp (which is one of the main reasons why it was such a success). That's all you need.