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After a persistent debate on Free Basics, we read more on the topic yesterday when Silicon Valley investor and member of the Board of Directors at Facebook, Marc Andreessen criticised India’s opposition to Facebook’s offering. He went to the extent of comparing the opposition to anti-colonialism which wasn’t taken too well by Indian netizens.
The series of tweets and the resulting outrage prompted Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to put up a post on his Facebook page dissociating from Andreessen’s views. He termed the comments as ‘deeply upsetting and doesn’t represent the way Facebook or I think at all.’
In view of the raging debate on social media, we reached out to users on Twitter to get a feel of the popular sentiment.
Free Basics: Facebook says service no longer available in India – Tech2
The series of tweets and the resulting outrage prompted Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to put up a post on his Facebook page dissociating from Andreessen’s views. He termed the comments as ‘deeply upsetting and doesn’t represent the way Facebook or I think at all.’
In view of the raging debate on social media, we reached out to users on Twitter to get a feel of the popular sentiment.
Free Basics: Facebook says service no longer available in India – Tech2
