They are asking TRAI to reject the plan in the interest of protecting the citizens' right to use Internet
This puts an end to Facebook's Free Basics and Airtel's zero rating plans in India.
Zuckerberg appeared on a video to personally promote Free Basics.
The company is to act as an ISP across rural areas for local entrepreneurs.
Much of the loudest opposition comes from those in the start-up world, who fear this would put them at a disadvantage in reaching new users
The programme has triggered a huge debate in India.
This is a significant move by Facebook considering the backlash it had from various quarters in India following debates on net neutrality
Trai has invited comments till January 7 on its paper on differential data pricing.
Aadhaar architect becomes most visible face to oppose Facebook plan
In India, the angsting over net neutrality has been loud.
Programmes offers pared-down web services on mobile phones along with Facebook' s own social network and messaging services cost free
Zuckerberg is expected to speak for 15 minutes.
Critics say the programme, launched 10 months ago in India in collaboration with operator Reliance Communications, violates principles of net neutrality
The comments drew sharp criticism from netizens with some calling Facebook's Free Basics plan as Internet colonialism.
Facebook on Thursday announced that it has shut down Free Basics in India.
An open and free internet is a key contributing factor to innovation in the digital economy.
The new e-mail campaign asks Facebook users to act to save free internet access, while stating that free access to basic internet services is in danger.
The social media giant had launched a public campaign to defend its platform.
Facebook is fast learning the limits of tech exceptionalism.
At 250 million unique visitors a month, MX Player has for long been in the same bracket as YouTube (454 million) and Meta (324 million) in reach.
Initiative aims to encourage more people to use the Internet.
It is startling that Mark Zuckerberg has failed to convince so many in India about the merits of Free Basics.
During her tenure, Facebook's users in the country have grown from 8 million to 138 million, making India its second largest market after the US
WhatsApp is the factory where data gets collected for Facebook. And, the cost of that data collection is insignificant as against the monetisation happening on the Facebook platform
'The models that may work in one country may not work in another.'
There has been a huge controversy over the Net neutrality issue.
More than 19 million people in 38 countries have been connected through Facebook's different programmes.
What really transpired when Modi went to Facebook HQ last September.
Zuckerberg says internet.org can co-exist with net neutrality
From dubbing voices to putting faces with the help of AI, political campaigns are undergoing a Bollywood makeover. Among the favourites is a scene from the Anil Kapoor-starrer Nayak, posted by the BJP, where Kapoor asks about the Chunaavi Vaade (poll promise), with Arvind Kejriwal at the receiving end instead of Amrish Puri.
India's stand is important against the backdrop of US FCC's decision to roll back its net neutrality rules adopted in 2015
Zuckerberg is kicking off a tour of Europe on Monday.
He said that the whole world being robbed of creativity and ideas because so many people in India are not online.
Facebook has made investments in introducing new types of schools in Africa, hope to bring them to India too.
TRAI said that Internet service providers would not be allowed to discriminate on pricing of data access for different web services.
The rumour about Facebook planning to charge for its content appears to have come from a hoax email circulated on the site, The Telegraph reported.
Mark Zuckerberg said the company believes in Net neutrality "very strongly".
This will be in line with government's vision of Digital India.
Facebook Inc is launching an open platform for online content and application developers to join its Internet.org service.
Messaging service WhatsApp has updated its global privacy policy, under which it will now share phone numbers of users with its parent company, Facebook.
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