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After a nation-wide movement by Internet activists and users against telecom firms which are trying to curb the Freedom of Internet & Choice, a senior TRAI official has hinted that they may take action against these anti-net neutrality plans.
Prima facie, it has been discovered by TRAI that Airtel Zero and Internet.Org, both are offering plans which are against the principles of Net Neutrality, and they may introduce new rules and regulations which stops them from initiating such plans.
A senior official from TRAI said to TOI: “From the looks of it, Airtel Zero and many other plans including Facebook’s Internet.org tie-up with Reliance Communications and the free WhatsApp, Facebook offers by other telcos seem to violate net neutrality”, adding that “You will need the force of law to draw lines on what is permissible and what is not. Together, the regulator and the government will have to make it clear”
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