Sentences with phrase «banned free basics»

And why just Apple, Silicon Valley's expensive baby, Facebook, too suffered a setback as India banned Free Basics, as the country was more interested in favoring Net Neutrality.

Andreessen had taken to Twitter after Indian regulators banned Free Basics, a program from Facebook that gives users free access to the Internet on mobile devices, but only for select websites and apps.

Disappointed with Trai's ruling banning Free Basics, Facebook has said it will now focus on other parts of the internet.org programme...

India and Egypt banned Free Basic, the low - cost Facebook service that Aquila airplanes will enable.

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In 2016, the TRAI had cracked down on what it said was «discriminatory pricing» for Internet access that led to a ban on platforms like Facebook's Free Basics.

The company previously launched Free Basics, which offers mobile access to select sites on its platform at no charge — but it was widely panned for violating net neutrality principles, and even found itself banned in India.