A day after India’s telecom watchdog said no to Facebook’s Free Basics,
the social networking giant’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg conveyed
his disappointment in a post but reiterated his commitment to keep
working to break down barriers to connectivity in India. In a move seen
as an endorsement of net neutrality and a setback to offerings such as
Facebook’s Free Basics and Airtel Zero, India’s telecom watchdog on
Monday said no to discriminatory pricing of data content. “India’s
telecom regulator decided to restrict programmes that provide free
access to data. This restricts one of Internet.org’s initiatives, Free
Basics, as well as programmes by other organizations that provide free
access to data,” the 31-year-old billionaire posted on Tuesday.
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