While protests in Hong Kong are still making headlines, it seems that protests have broken out about 5,000 miles west, in Hungary. The protests are over Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s plans to levy an Internet tax on the people of Hungary.

The tax would charge users 150 forints (62 cents) for every gigabyte of data used. Orban’s party announced on Sunday that the tax “would be capped at $2.90 per month for individuals and $20.62 per month for companies.” The protestors did not seem to care what cap they had planned, however.

The protest crowds grew close to 100,000 people in the week after the announcement on October 22nd. Some protestors and reporters argue that it is a political move to limit information access to those who oppose Orban. Others argue that it is strictly to help water down the lack of tax revenue from telephone usage. Regardless of what its intent is, the protestors in Hungary and citizens around the world see it as a violation. A Facebook page was created to show opposition in the wake of the announcement, and it gained over 230,000 followers by Wednesday.

The Internet has been a place of freedom and refuge, and to have the government infringe on that goes too far, which the Hungarian citizens have shown. We don’t know whether this will affect Orban and his party’s downfall in the country, but analysts are speculating that the tax proposal will be greatly watered down or thrown out in the coming weeks.