Indian Activist Technology Protesting Mark Zuckerberg

A group of Indian activists expressed protest against the limited Internet access through an application launched Facebook Free Basics. The activists called the social media giant is violating the primary value of the World Wide Web.

This protest participated Indian government's response, by issuing regulations temporarily prohibiting the application Free Basic. Not only in India, this application also experienced a similar blockade in Egypt.

Mark Zuckerberg believes increased access to the internet is a moral responsibility. Services formerly known Internet.org, called Zuckerberg, as the next step of the digital equality.

Professor Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Bhaskaran Raman, calls have not found the embodiment of the initial intention of these services, namely as a way of charity to the poor.

Raman said Facebook should be able to deliver these services in a better way. For example, Facebook can provide connections of 50 to 100 MB of data for free each month. Currently, the service Free Basics only allow users to access the online service which has formed a partnership with Facebook.

Vichal Misra, professor of the faculty of Computer Science at Columbia University argues, India is one of the attractive markets for technology companies. India gets added 100 million Internet users last year. Misra said, the Indian influence in the world of technology can also affect the global fight related to internet neutrality.

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