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Funny. First the net neutrality activists were accused of being soft on foreign companies: https://twitter.com/_sachinbansal/status/585770383682375680 https://t
by nileshtrivedi 11y ago
Funny. First the net neutrality activists were accused of being soft on foreign companies: https://twitter.com/_sachinbansal/status/585770383682375680 https://twitter.com/_sachinbansal/status/585770383682375680 (This was by Flipkart CEO, Sachin Bansal)
And now they're being called "anti-west".
In case you don't know, the whole movement started as opposition to Airtel Zero and people downvoted en-masse Flipkart's app on Play Store because it was participating in Airtel Zero. Facebook brought attention to itself by a 40m$ ad-campaign, demonizing and slandering the activists AND DDoSing the regulator.
- morgante 11y agoTo be honest, I'm not interested enough in this debate to argue over it. But you can certainly find plenty of people who equated Free Basics with digital colonialism. [1] Whether it is I don't have an opinion on. Of course, anti-colonialism is not the only reason to support net neutrality (nor do I think it's the best one). [1] http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/fear-of-facebook-colonising-digital-space-looms-over-it-capital/article8042385.ece http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/fear-of-facebook-c...