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A [proposed / proposal] tax on the Internet has been put [on / in] hold by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Hungary's government was [pulling / pushing] full steam ahead to impose a tax on Internet traffic. It faced huge [opposition / opposing] from the public and from businesses. Mr Orban announced his government had [freezing / frozen] the plans after witnessing huge street protests in the capital Budapest. He also [eventually / eventual] took [heed / need] of warnings from the European Union that the tax would be a mistake. Orban announced his climb-down in a [radio / Internet] broadcast on Friday, saying: "This tax in its [current / currant] form cannot be introduced. If the people not only dislike something but also consider it unreasonable, then it should not be [done / doing] ."

Hungary's U-turn on an Internet tax is not yet a [victorious / victory] for the people. Prime Minister Orban said he had not [scraped / scrapped] the idea altogether. He said there would be [consultants / consultations] starting in January next year to investigate the [potentially / potential] of generating tax revenue from the Internet. He said it would [obvious / obviously] have to be different in [nature / natural] to the one just binned. That involved a 60-cent tax on every gigabyte of data someone consumed. Critics [spoke / voiced] concerns this would limit freedom of [expression / expressive] and hurt online companies. Citizens will continue to [campaign / drive] for a tax-free Internet. An anti-tax Facebook page already has over 250,000 Likes.