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Lebanon scraps WhatsApp call fee amid violent protests
- Monday | 21st October, 2019
Protesters blocked roads across Lebanon with burning tyres and security forces fired tear gas at demonstrators in central Beirut early on Friday, Lebanese media said. It’s the state’s fault.”Throughout Thursday night, crowds gathered in the capital Beirut’s Riad al-Solh square, some waving Lebanese flags and singing. The protests have been fuelled by stagnant economic conditions exacerbated by a financial crisis in one of the world’s most heavily indebted states. But as protests spread across Lebanon, Telecoms Minister Mohamed Choucair told journalists the proposed levy on WhatsApp calls had been revoked. Lebanon has only two mobile service providers, both state-owned, and some of the most costly mobile rates in the region.
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