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A Lebanese demonstrator poses for an picture during a protest against dire economic conditions in Baouchriyeh on the northern outskirts of Beirut, on October 18, 2019. - Public anger has simmered since parliament passed an austerity budget in July to help trim a ballooning deficit and flared on Thursday over new plans to tax calls on messaging applications such as Whatsapp, forcing the government to axe the unpopular proposal. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
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How a WhatsApp Tax Launched Massive Anti-Government Protests in Lebanon
By Lin Noueihed, Dana Khraiche and BloombergOctober 18, 2019
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