India’s telecoms regulator has blocked Facebook’s Free Basics internet service app as part of a ruling in favour of net neutrality.The scheme offered free access to a limited number of websites.However, it was opposed by supporters of net neutrality who argued that data providers should not favour some online services over others.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35522899Also see:Facebook Loses a Battle in India Over Its Free Basics Program
For years, Mark Zuckerberg has had a grander vision than just connecting the more than one billion people who already use Facebook: He wants to connect the entire world.That effort hit a major roadblock on Monday, when Indian regulators banned free mobile data programs that favor some Internet services over others.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/09/business/facebook-loses-a-battle-in-india-over-its-free-basics-program.htmlIndia introduces net neutrality rules barring Facebook’s free Internet
India introduced rules on Monday to prevent Internet service providers from having different pricing policies for accessing different parts of the Web, in a setback to Facebook Inc’s plan to roll out a pared-back free Internet service to the masses.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-india-regulator-netneutrality-idUKKCN0VH162
http://in.reuters.com/article/india-trai-netneutrality-idINKCN0VH0SZA simple guide to Facebook’s complicated problem in India
Indian regulators have come down hard against Facebook this week, effectively banning the social network from offering a controversial service known as Free Basics.You may be hearing a lot about Free Basics in the news right now. What is it, and why is this fight halfway around the world so important to Facebook? Here’s all you need to get caught up.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/02/08/a-simple-guide-to-facebooks-complicated-problem-in-india/