Wednesday, October 29, 2014

What it looks like when 100,000 people rally for Internet freedom

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Swarms of protesters took to the streets of Budapest, Hungary, on Tuesday night, waving their smartphones in the air to demonstrate against a planned tax on Internet use. The protest, which was the second in about a week, was largely organized through a Facebook page.


Estimations put the number of demonstrators against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s policy at close to 100,000.


The proposed monthly tax was 700 forints, or $2.89, on each Internet user. This breathtaking time-lapse shows hoards of protesters crossing the Erzsebet Bridge in Budapest.



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