<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Center for International Media Assistance</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cima@ned.org">cima@ned.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, May 14, 2019 at 1:07 PM<br>Subject: New CIMA Report: How Social Media Taxes Can Burden News Outlets: The Case of Uganda<br>To: <<a href="mailto:carolina.rossini@gmail.com">carolina.rossini@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>
<div><span class="m_3128872020254667242preheader">Read CIMA's latest report </span><img src="http://elink.clickdimensions.com/o/3/TkRFNU9URTFNakk6TURJdFlqRTVNVE0wTFdOa05qRTNZV1kxTlRNMk5qUmhOVGhoTW1Rd1pESm1NelZtWkRkbFl6WXk6WTJGeWIyeHBibUV1Y205emMybHVhVUJuYldGcGJDNWpiMjA6WTI5dWRHRmpkQzAzWXpZeE9ERTNaalJsTXpCbE56RXhPREJrT1RBd05UQTFObUUwTlRaalpTMHhaV1UzTlRCaU16YzJOakUwTWpoalltSTVOV0prTURKbU9UWXpNVEprTlE/35lfK2-t3eBT7Ttxea2J2Q" width="1" height="1"><img src="http://elink.clickdimensions.com/o/3/TkRFNU9URTFNakk6TURJdFlqRTVNVE0wTFdOa05qRTNZV1kxTlRNMk5qUmhOVGhoTW1Rd1pESm1NelZtWkRkbFl6WXk6WTJGeWIyeHBibUV1Y205emMybHVhVUJuYldGcGJDNWpiMjA6WTI5dWRHRmpkQzAzWXpZeE9ERTNaalJsTXpCbE56RXhPREJrT1RBd05UQTFObUUwTlRaalpTMHhaV1UzTlRCaU16YzJOakUwTWpoalltSTVOV0prTURKbU9UWXpNVEprTlE/35lfK2-t3eBT7Ttxea2J2Q" width="1" height="1">
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<td style="width:590px;vertical-align:top;background-color:#225490"><table style="width:590px" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td id="m_3128872020254667242textOnlyTD" valign="top" align="left"><div style="text-align:center"><font face="Calibri"><strong><em><font size="2" color="#ffffff">The Center for International Media Assistance is pleased to release</font></em></strong></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#ffffff"><strong><em style="font-size:8px"><font style="font-size:12px"></font> </em></strong></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:20px"><b><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255)">How Social Media Taxes Can Burden News Outlets:</span></b></span></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span face="Calibri"><font style="font-size:20px"><b><font face="Calibri"></font></b></font></span><b style="font-size:20px;font-family:Calibri">The Case of Uganda</b></span></div><div></div>
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<td style="width:590px;vertical-align:top;background-color:transparent"><table style="width:590px" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td id="m_3128872020254667242textOnlyTD" valign="top" align="left"><div style="text-align:justify"><div style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size:14px">Almost a year ago, Uganda implemented the first-of-its-kind social media tax on individual users. To access social media and services, citizens are now required to pay a 200 Ugandan shillings (approximately 5 US cents) daily tax. Critics charge that rather than raising revenue, the ultimate goal of this policy is to stifle freedom of expression online. They point to how the tax has caused an immediate drop in internet use, stifled economic growth, and yet failed to generate meaningful income. As audiences worldwide report accessing news via social media, how has this new tax impacted how Ugandans are getting news and information?</font></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size:14px"> </font></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size:14px">In CIMA's latest digital report, "<a href="http://elink.clickdimensions.com/c/4/?T=NDE5OTE1MjI%3AMDItYjE5MTM0LWNkNjE3YWY1NTM2NjRhNThhMmQwZDJmMzVmZDdlYzYy%3AY2Fyb2xpbmEucm9zc2luaUBnbWFpbC5jb20%3AY29udGFjdC03YzYxODE3ZjRlMzBlNzExODBkOTAwNTA1NmE0NTZjZS0xZWU3NTBiMzc2NjE0MjhjYmI5NWJkMDJmOTYzMTJkNQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AMQ%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2ltYS5uZWQub3JnL3B1YmxpY2F0aW9uL2hvdy1zb2NpYWwtbWVkaWEtdGF4ZXMtY2FuLWJ1cmRlbi1uZXdzLW91dGxldHMtdGhlLWNhc2Utb2YtdWdhbmRhLz9fY2xkZWU9WTJGeWIyeHBibUV1Y205emMybHVhVUJuYldGcGJDNWpiMjAlM2QmcmVjaXBpZW50aWQ9Y29udGFjdC03YzYxODE3ZjRlMzBlNzExODBkOTAwNTA1NmE0NTZjZS0xZWU3NTBiMzc2NjE0MjhjYmI5NWJkMDJmOTYzMTJkNSZlc2lkPTU1MjEyNGQ5LTVkNzMtZTkxMS04MGZkLTAwNTA1NmE0NTZjZQ&K=gymzImor6U8_dhdjZ7WjPA" target="_blank"><strong>How Social Media Taxes Can Burden News Outlets: The Case of Uganda</strong></a>," Juliet Nanfuka examines the impact of the social media tax on news circulation and reporting. She finds that the negative effects are less direct and arguably more pernicious than might be expected. While many new websites have not seen a noticeable dip in readership yet, journalists have reported a marked drop in engagement online. Ultimately, Nanfuka argues that the tax is a step in the wrong direction. Given that other countries in the region are contemplating similar measures, the possible implications reach far beyond Uganda.</font></font></div>
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