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

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