Ever wondered that in addition to paying to use the Internet, have to pay a fee to use social networks? because it is the Uganda intends to apply a new rate to social network users as of July of 2018, with the aim of increasing the revenue of the State.
The fee will be applied to users of services "including platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook video calls," said the Kampala National Assembly, which has yet to approve any plans.
Second Matia Kasaija (Uganda's Minister of Finance), said that mobile subscribers using platforms such as Facebook: Twitter and the WhatsApp they must pay 200 shillings a day, equivalent to $ 0,027. he guaranteed that the objective is to get money, to “increase the security of the country and expand the electricity grid, so that people can enjoy social networks more often”.
Human rights activists disagree and some criticized the measure on social networks. "It is a broader attempt to restrict freedom of expression," said Rosebell Kagumire, a well-known human rights activist in Uganda. Of the 41 million people in Uganda, around 17 million are Internet users.
