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

[Ajai Kumar]

ISOC India Delhi chapter is going to discuss this topic on its next meeting
scheduled on 24/04/2015.

On 19 April 2015 at 08:24, 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:
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> http://icfoss.org/Net_Neutrality/
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> 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.
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> satish
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> 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.
>>
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>> satish
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>> On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
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>>> 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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