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

[Anupam Agrawal]

The message when you try to open internet.org from Kolkata India categorically says, " To access Internet.org you will have to be on Reliance Network. If you want to access freely these website, please use Reliance Sim Card". Attaching screenshot.

This is being defended by Mark (Facebook) in his post on Internet.org facebook page as something is better than anything. 

Regards
Anupam Agrawal






On 27-Apr-2015, at 8:10 AM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Ajai Kumar <joinajay1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> ISOC India Delhi chapter is going to discuss this topic on its next meeting scheduled on 24/04/2015.
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> 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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> 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:
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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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> 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?
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> http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/15/8423075/indian-startups-leave-facebook-internet-org-net-neutrality
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> This morning Cleartrip, an Indian startup focused on travel, pulled out of Internet.org, 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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