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In the op-ed, Zuckerberg says, "We've heard legitimate concerns in the past, and we've quickly addressed those. We're open to other approaches and encourage innovation. But today this program is creating huge benefits for people and the entire internet ecosystem. There’s no valid basis for denying people the choice to use Free Basics, and that’s what thousands of people across India have chosen to tell TRAI over the last few weeks... Choose facts over false claims. Everyone deserves access to the internet. Free basic internet services can help achieve this. Free Basics should stay to help achieve digital equality for India."<ref name="oped"></ref> | In the op-ed, Zuckerberg says, "We've heard legitimate concerns in the past, and we've quickly addressed those. We're open to other approaches and encourage innovation. But today this program is creating huge benefits for people and the entire internet ecosystem. There’s no valid basis for denying people the choice to use Free Basics, and that’s what thousands of people across India have chosen to tell TRAI over the last few weeks... Choose facts over false claims. Everyone deserves access to the internet. Free basic internet services can help achieve this. Free Basics should stay to help achieve digital equality for India."<ref name="oped"></ref> | ||
In his counter argument to Zuckerberg, entitled "It’s a battle for internet freedom", [[Nikhil Pahwa]], a volunteer at savetheinternet.in, questions, "Why has Facebook chosen the current model for Free Basics, which gives users a selection of around a hundred sites (including a personal blog and a real estate company homepage), while rejecting the option of giving the poor free access to the open, plural and diverse web?"<ref name="oped2">[http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-edit-page/its-a-battle-for-internet-freedom/ It's a Battle for Internet Freedom], IndiaTimes.com. Published 2015 December 28. Retrieved 2016 April 23. | In his counter argument to Zuckerberg, entitled "It’s a battle for internet freedom", [[Nikhil Pahwa]], a volunteer at savetheinternet.in, questions, "Why has Facebook chosen the current model for Free Basics, which gives users a selection of around a hundred sites (including a personal blog and a real estate company homepage), while rejecting the option of giving the poor free access to the open, plural and diverse web?"<ref name="oped2">[http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-edit-page/its-a-battle-for-internet-freedom/ It's a Battle for Internet Freedom], IndiaTimes.com. Published 2015 December 28. Retrieved 2016 April 23.</ref> | ||
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