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Freebasics is a poorly disguised but bold move to colonize Internet in developing countries. A brief prequel: http://blog.savetheinternet.in/what-facebook-wont-
by navinsylvester 11y ago
Freebasics is a poorly disguised but bold move to colonize Internet in developing countries. A brief prequel: http://blog.savetheinternet.in/what-facebook-wont-tell-you-about-freebasics http://blog.savetheinternet.in/what-facebook-wont-tell-you-a...
Freebasics campaign was so flawed and the desperation in willfully misleading people was not even on an acceptable moral terms. Facebook spent a whooping 100 Crore INR for promotion and used the term "Free Internet". More about this here: http://blog.savetheinternet.in/what-facebook-wont-tell-you-about-freebasics http://blog.savetheinternet.in/what-facebook-wont-tell-you-a...
Andreessen/zuckerberg is setting a very bad example here. These tweets are a testimony to the desperation and an act of trying to flex muscle. Tech industry luminaries are least expected to be willfully trying to rob the basic rights of a common man. Sadly we would remain silent partners to the spoiling fabric - if we don't vehemently oppose.
- navinsylvester 11y ago*second link should point to this: http://scroll.in/article/802128/indias-internet-regulator-just-called-facebooks-free-basics-campaign-crude-and-dangerous http://scroll.in/article/802128/indias-internet-regulator-ju...