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06-01-2016, 10:36 AM
Net neutrality, is the base to against the initiative? The free access should be extended to all sources, rather than only FB, but how to fund the cost? Hmm...?
In India, Fierce Opposition Builds Against Facebook's Free Basics
An unprecedented resistance is building up in India against Facebook FB +0.00%’s Free Basics program as students, startup entrepreneurs and an ever-growing number of internet users join the protest. India’s telecom regulator has already ordered Facebook’s program be put on hold while it takes a final decision on the subject of differential pricing, a move by some telecom providers to provide free internet access through programs such as Free Basics.
Free Basics is the high-voltage Facebook-led coalition that seeks to improve internet access in emerging markets like India by offering select content and services for free.
The critics of Free Basics say the battle is a fight for Net Neutrality, the notion that no one company or authority should be allowed to restrict access and that all users get equal access to all websites. The outcome of the India battle will influence the fate of Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg’s pet project in dozens of smaller countries around the world where the understanding about Free Basics is feeble and the internet giant is likely to forcefully influence the widespread adoption of the program.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/saritharai/2...ee-basics/
In India, Fierce Opposition Builds Against Facebook's Free Basics
An unprecedented resistance is building up in India against Facebook FB +0.00%’s Free Basics program as students, startup entrepreneurs and an ever-growing number of internet users join the protest. India’s telecom regulator has already ordered Facebook’s program be put on hold while it takes a final decision on the subject of differential pricing, a move by some telecom providers to provide free internet access through programs such as Free Basics.
Free Basics is the high-voltage Facebook-led coalition that seeks to improve internet access in emerging markets like India by offering select content and services for free.
The critics of Free Basics say the battle is a fight for Net Neutrality, the notion that no one company or authority should be allowed to restrict access and that all users get equal access to all websites. The outcome of the India battle will influence the fate of Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg’s pet project in dozens of smaller countries around the world where the understanding about Free Basics is feeble and the internet giant is likely to forcefully influence the widespread adoption of the program.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/saritharai/2...ee-basics/
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