In recent net neutrality news, India has banned Facebook’s Free Basics service.
The service — launched in 2014 — is a Facebook-backed initiative that serves to offer limited Internet sites and services for free to areas of the world where online access is unavailable or nonexistent.
The move is part of a new regulation released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The agency denounced the initiative in December and asked Facebook to stop the program until it could provide more details about its terms.
TRAI’s action is in line with those who question whether or not Free Basics meets the standards of Net Neutrality as the service has the potential of giving a single company plenty of control over the Internet for millions of people.
TRAI hasn’t been India’s only critic of Free Basics. A Save The Internet movement lashed out at the program for violating Net neutrality and has accused Facebook of dishonesty in response to opposition to Free Basics.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg claims the service gives poor people access to news, health information and more.
FB stock is down 3.6% Monday.
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