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India puts brakes on Facebook's Free Basics scheme

Accepted submission by Sarasani at 2015-12-24 04:08:18
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Sarasani [soylentnews.org] writes:

Facebook's effort to provide Indians with free access to a limited number of internet services has run into trouble. India's telecoms regulator has asked the mobile network that partnered with the US firm to put their Free Basics offer on hold. Critics of the Free Basics service say it runs contrary to net neutrality principles.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35169226 [bbc.com]

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