Internet.org India Partners Pull Out Over Net Neutrality Concerns

The Internet.org initiative spearheaded by Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg with the aim of connecting the world has run into some roadblocks in India.

InternetOrgAppIndia650The Internet.org initiative spearheaded by Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg with the aim of connecting the world has run into some roadblocks in India.

Financial Times reported that Internet.org’s partners in India are beginning to pull out of the application that offers free basic Internet services to mobile subscribers, including travel e-commerce group Cleartrip, TV news outlet NDTV and media startup Newshunt, adding that the country’s largest English-language newspaper, The Times of India, has also pulled back some of its content.

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