(AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE) — The European Union on Tuesday denounced Hungary's plan for an Internet tax as a new threat to political freedom in the country and also for broader EU economic growth.
EU digital commissioner Neelie Kroes believes it is a "particularly bad idea" and will continue to support protests like those against the proposed levy held Sunday in Budapest, her spokesman Ryan Heath said.
The proposal has to "be seen as part of that pattern of actions which have limited freedoms," Heath told reporters in Brussels.
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