"Hungary's internet tax cannot be allowed to set a precedent, says EC", 28 Oct 2014

We cannot allow Hungary to set a precedent with its internet tax, the European Commission’s digital agenda spokesman said on Tuesday...“This must be seen in a wider context as part of a pattern to limit media and internet freedom,” said Heath. “That is why it is so important to tackle this now before a law is enacted. We have seen the pattern in Hungary where they announce a very tough law and then they moderate it in an effort to seem reasonable. But we cannot allow this issue to fade away.”...While the tax will be levied on ISPs, individual consumers worry the costs will be passed straight onto them. The reasoning behind Orban's announcement of a cap for people ostensibly not directly hit by the tax is unclear...The EU's Heath said that the proposed tax is wrong and is an attempt to force people off the internet.“It won’t work,” stormed Heath, “because you cannot tax a global common resource like the internet unilaterally."...