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Net neutrality is not anti-West.
by factorialboy 11y ago
Net neutrality is not anti-West.
- mc32 11y agoYou have to take politics into account. In this case due to historical factors and reactionary attitudes it very well can be a reaction to "the west"
- nileshtrivedi 11y agoFacebook was not the center of this debate at all. The debate and the regulation are about differential pricing. The movement started in opposition of Airtel (an Indian company) and people en-masse downvoted Flipkart (an Indian company) for participating. People have praised Google (a western company)'s Project Loon for respecting Net Neutrality and installing free wi-fi in railway stations. The criticism of FreeBasics would have gone to Reliance (an Indian company) if Facebook hadn't started this high-decibel campaign with two full pages of ads with heading "What Net Neutrality activists are not telling you". FB wanted the attention so they got it.