Imagine having to pay a daily tax to use social media. That’s what is facing Ugandan citizens as of last month. The country’s president says social media encourages gossip, and has therefore slapped a daily tax of 200 Ugandan shillings — about $0.05 USD — on services like WhatsApp, Twitter, and Facebook. Not entirely progressive, but then fairly par for the course considering what other African governments have been up to recently. The same month, Egypt imposed a ban on YouTube over a video it didn’t like, while Kenya now requires those that post videos on social media to obtain…

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