[Chapter-delegates] Indian startups are pulling out of Facebook's Internet.org to protect net neutrality

[Satish Babu]

We at ISOC India Trivandrum have been tracking developments on this matter
for the last several months, and are co-organizing a  consultation on 22
April 2015 on the theme "Net Neutrality: Bottom-up Perspectives". Details
are available below:

http://icfoss.org/Net_Neutrality/

The Indian telecom regulator (TRAI) has called for inputs to their draft
policy document by the deadline of 24 April, and the Chapter will be
responding to the call based on the outcome of the consultation.





satish



On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Satish Babu <sb at inapp.com> wrote:

> We at ISOC India Trivandrum have been tracking developments on this matter
> for the last several months, and are co-organizing a  consultation on 22
> April 2015 on the theme "Net Neutrality: Bottom-up Perspectives". Details
> are available below:
>
> http://icfoss.org/Net_Neutrality/
>
> The Indian telecom regulator (TRAI) has called for inputs to their draft
> policy document by the deadline of 24 April, and the Chapter will be
> responding to the call based on the outcome of the consultation.
>
>
>
>
>
> satish
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Have any of our India Chapters taken a position on this? Or any elsewhere?
>>
>>
>> http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/15/8423075/indian-startups-leave-facebook-internet-org-net-neutrality
>>
>> This morning Cleartrip, an Indian startup focused on travel, pulled out
>> of Internet.org
>> <http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/04/15/internetorg-withdrawal_n_7071532.html?utm_hp_ref=india>,
>> the charity spearheaded by Facebook to help spread internet access to parts
>> of the world where many people lack connectivity. Three other members of
>> the original coalition — NDTV, Newshunt, and the Times Group — also
>> declared that they were pulling some or all of their services from
>> Internet.org due to concerns over net neutrality.
>>
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