Facebook’s troubles in India keep snowballing

For more than a month, Facebook has been trying to convince Indian regulators to lift a ban on its Free Basics program but recent developments indicate the social media giant isn’t having much success.

Launched alongside telecom operator Reliance Communications, Free Basics was designed to bring more Indians online by offering Reliance customers complimentary access to a range of Internet sites. It was first unveiled last year under the name Internet.org as part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of universal digital access, especially for the 30 percent of Indians living below the poverty line.

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