New Net Neutrality Rules in India Strike Down Internet.org’s Free Basics
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of connecting the world just hit a serious setback in India.
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of connecting the world just hit a serious setback in India.
Reuters reported that the country put net neutrality rules into effect Monday that would seem to spell the end for the Free Basics offerings from Internet.org in India.
According to Reuters, Internet-service providers in India are now prohibited from charging different prices for access to different parts of the Web, which is exactly what Free Basics does—providing free access to a selection of Internet services, along with Facebook and its Messenger application.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India chairman Ram Sevak Sharma said at a news conference, as reported by Reuters:
Essentially everything on the Internet is agnostic in the sense that it cannot be priced differently.
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