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Govt vows to keep web access equitable

India's stand is important against the backdrop of US FCC's decision to roll back its net neutrality rules adopted in 2015

Ravi Shankar Prasad
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(From left) IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe during the inauguration of the fifth edition of the Global Conference on Cyber Space in New Delhi (Photo: Sanjay Sharma)

Kiran Rathee New Delhi
At a time when the US’ Federal Communications Commission has decided to replace the net neutrality rules, the Indian government has vowed to keep cyberspace equal for everyone and not allow any firm to restrict people’s access to the web. 

Law and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Thursday that a couple of years ago when Facebook wanted to offer free services through Free Basics, the Centre had flatly refused to grant permission as it violated the equitablity principle. “I was then handling the communications department, and this whole Free Basics campaign was going on...I took a very

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