Latest posts tagged with #FreeBasics on Bluesky
"Meta has a controversial agreement with telecommunications companies that restricts some users on cheaper data plans to using specific apps and sites including those from Meta."
Sounds like FreeBasics for internet access all over again.
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This is true even with #NetNeutrality, of Facebook users: not unique to #FreeBasics: www.google.co.in/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content... #RightsCon https://x.com/Karolingva/status/847372241192996864
Yes, this piece recommends nationalisation of telecom infra as an alternative to #FreeBasics. People hv short memories #IGF2016 #ZeroRating https://x.com/DissentMag/status/806627854414991361
Again, an article attacks #FreeBasics & #Facebook, treating them as one and the same. Also, doesn't consider neg free speech impact of ban. https://x.com/Info_Activism/status/794536347021217792
.@rahulabhatia on how #Facebook screwed up so massively with #FreeBasics in India: www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/12/f...
#FreeBasics #NetNeutrality Facebook launches Free Basics simulator, I'm closed beta: www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/12/f...
Just to be clear: Banning all #FreeBasics *without providing a "neutral" alternative* means no Internet for poor ppl https://x.com/M_Karanicolas/status/716054803093139456
#Facebook refused to allow #Egypt to spy on #FreeBasics users, leading to ban. Impacts lower class freedom of ass'n. http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0WY3JZ
#a2k #jugaad #innovation #FreeBasics #wikipedia #copyvios https://x.com/claudio/status/712994287345131520
Why Facebook's #FreeBasics was rejected in #India, quoting @sunil_abraham: www.cnet.com/news/why-india-doesnt-wa... #NetNeutrality
A piece on #FreeBasics as colonialism that's as weak as the coffee they serve you at Café Coffee Day. https://x.com/notacoda/status/698040175411068928
#Facebook should consider launching a search engine for low-bandwidth content as a replacement for #FreeBasics in India. #NetNeutrality
Thanks #TRAI for standing with #NetNeutrality -- Bye bye #freebasics !!
Mobile telecom cos are amazingly stupid: offering free stuff even when customers are willing to pay: www.buzzfeed.com/carolineodonovan/heres-h... #FreeBasics
There is very little research anyone has bothered to do on quality of #FreeBasics. No research on speed, QoS. https://x.com/SFLCin/status/689764410164817922
FCC's lawyer seemed to suggest that #FreeBasics would be okay in the USA: techliberation.com/2015/12/08/unexpected-an... #NetNeutrality
If a gov't bans #FreeBasics w/o providing universal free Internet, that'd be a 21st century example of "Let them eat cake". #NetNeutrality
The 1972 Bennett Coleman case is clear on this point. The govt can't restrict media arbitrarily. ToI is available through #FreeBasics.
#Facebook's counter-comments to #TRAI on #DifferentialPricing / #FreeBasics / #ZeroRating trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/Consultati... #NetNeutrality
I run a public XMPP server that is free for all to use. How do I offer it over #FreeBasics? I don't think I can. cc: @MikeatFacebook
Here's Reliance Communications' submission to #TRAI on #DifferentialPricing: trai.gov.in/Comments_Data/SP/Relianc... #ZeroRating #NetNeutrality #FreeBasics
Estimated #Facebook ad spend on #FreeBasics in India is a whopping Rs.300 crore (US$45m)! www.livemint.com/Consumer/oMmTd2g4CkwErMN... via @arunesh__deep
