Truecaller joins debate against Facebook's Free Basics; asks users to support net neutrality.

Amidst the growing debate on net neutrality in India, caller identification app Truecaller has also joined the campaign against social networking giant Facebook's Free Basics service.

The controversial Internet platform, earlier titled Internet.org, was recently renamed as Free Basics and offers free access to a set of websites and services with the objective of introducing Internet to the people.

However, Internet advocates have been voicing concern about the initiative with Truecaller being the latest joining the league. The app's founder Alan Mamedi posted a tweet about his support for net neutrality.

@Truecaller is pushing this message out to over 100M users in India right now. Let the people chose by understandingpic.twitter.com/p2SB2K98fE

— Alan Mamedi (@AlanMamedi)December 23, 2015

Truecaller has been sending out push messages to over the 100 million users it has in India asking them to choose wisely if they want the dubious free basics or the idea of equal internet to all.

Recently, Facebook started notifying users to sign up in agreement of the free basics - a move widely criticised by all and prompting TRAI to ask for a hold on rollout of Free Basics in the country.

The TRAI has again asked people to express their decision by logging on to savetheinternet.in and sending an email before December 30.

Meanwhile, comedy collective AIB has posted a video simplifying the concept of Free Basics for people to understand and also why it is against the idea of net neutrality.

Source:- Streaming

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