Africa:#SocialMediaTax - Coming Soon to a Country Near You

[Guardian] A despondent wave of social media tax is blowing through Africa. It is a wave that has to be stopped in its track. On July 1, 2018, in Uganda, a tax imposed on social media use because of The Excise Duty Amendment Act 2018 in the East African country came into force. In a bid to control what the government deemed "gossip", citizens are now mandated to pay 200 Ugandan shillings ($0.05) per day of use for 60 mobile apps, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and WhatsApp. In a year, this fee totals about $

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