Ugandan social media users now have to pay a total of 200 Ugandan( N18) shillings per day to access social media services like WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and Skype.

The social media levy came not long after the President, Yoweri Museveni complained that the idleness of youths on social media was costing the country time and resources.

Telecoms providers in the country MTN, Airtel, and Africell recently issued a joint statement informing customers of how to pay the new tax with mobile money services of MTN and Airtel.

According to the Uganda Communications Commission, out of Uganda’s 41 million people, 23.6 million are mobile phone subscribers and 17 million use the internet.

Tech-savvy Ugandans are already resorting to Virtual Private Network to access these social media services.



https://araba.com.ng/2018/07/ugandan-social-media-users-now-have-to-pay-over-n500-monthly-to-access-whatsapp-twitter-facebook-and-skype/

Don't be surprise if Nigerian govt wake up tomorrow to immetate this, to them anything that makes the masses surfer is accepted.

If it happens in Nigeria it will be the end of this Country. NCC BE WARNED.