Indian startups are pulling out Facebook's Internet.org to protect net neutrality

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The concept of net neutrality has been a hot topic of debate in the US over the last few months as the FCC adopted more stringent rules. That recently became true of India, too.

 So the NDTV, Newshunt, and the Times Group declared that they were pulling some services from Internet.org

 

 

 

Airtel, a mobile network operator in India, was working with local startups to create a platform where startups could pay for data usage, making their services free for users. This would be similar to the sponsored data initiatives we've seen in the US, which the FCC recently said it would qualify as an unacceptable form of "paid prioritization." Internet.org worked the same way, providing users withfree access to a selection of 39 "essential" services, including Facebook. Flipkart, one of India's largest e-commerce companies, decided against joining Airtel's new program, publicly citing the defense of net neutrality as its cause.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/15/8423075/indian-startups-leave-facebook-internet-org-net-neutrality

[ForsakenLive]

They should consider all data equal, no fast lanes, no favoritism, no snooping around. They claim to be in favor of net neutrality, they act the opposite.