Facebook is no longer free...
posted on Feb 11, 2016 @ 5:20PM
With TRAI supporting the net neutrality, Facebook was forced down to shut its `Free Basics’ option with Reliance. Yesterday the Telephone Regulatory Authority of India has specifically mentioned that no service provider can allow different websites for different prices. TRAI has further clarified that such an act could be allowed only in the case of emergency, and would otherwise penalize the service provider with 50,000 Rs. per day for such bias. As the TRAI has made its decision clear, Facebook could no longer offer the Free basics. Earlier, Facebook has tried hard to induce its users to support the `Free Basics’ campaign. There was a time when TRAI has to hit hard at Facebook for promoting `Free Basics’ campaign through false propaganda. TRAI’s decision has certainly upset the Facebook CEO Zuckerberg along with his investors... who are trying not to say what they wish to say