A massive online campaign is currently underway called "Save The Internet" to keep the internet free and fair. Here is a photo gallery of protests on the streets in India to support net neutrality.
A massive online campaign is currently underway called "Save The Internet" to keep the internet free and fair. Here is a photo gallery of protests on the streets in India to support net neutrality.
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An Indian pedestrian talks on his cellphone while walking past advertising for a telecom service provider in Mumbai on April 17, 2015. India`s telecoms regulator launched a consultation in March 2015 to determine new rules surrounding net neutrality, which the United States recently enshrined in law. Indian telecom operators say they are losing voice and text revenue to Internet applications that allow users to communicate at much cheaper costs. India has an estimated 185 million mobile Internet users according to a 2013 report by Mobile Landscape Survey, a US-based market research company, making it the world`s third-biggest market after US and China. AFP.
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NSUI workers march in support of Net Neutrality near Sanchar Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI.
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Activists of Indian Youth Congress and National Students Union of India shout anti-government slogans during a protest in support of net neutrality in New Delhi on April 16, 2015. India`s largest e-commerce portal Flipkart on April 14 scrapped plans to offer free access to its app after getting caught up in a growing row over net neutrality, with the criticism of Flipkart feeding into a broader debate on whether Internet service providers should be allowed to favour one online service over another for commercial or other reasons -- a concept known as "net neutrality". AFP
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A demonstrator checks her mobile phone as activists of Indian Youth Congress and National Students Union of India protest in support of net neutrality in New Delhi on April 16, 2015. India`s largest e-commerce portal Flipkart on April 14 scrapped plans to offer free access to its app after getting caught up in a growing row over net neutrality, with the criticism of Flipkart feeding into a broader debate on whether Internet service providers should be allowed to favour one online service over another for commercial or other reasons -- a concept known as "net neutrality". AFP
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A demonstrator checks his mobile phone as activists of Indian Youth Congress and National Students Union of India protest in support of net neutrality in New Delhi on April 16, 2015. India`s largest e-commerce portal Flipkart on April 14 scrapped plans to offer free access to its app after getting caught up in a growing row over net neutrality, with the criticism of Flipkart feeding into a broader debate on whether Internet service providers should be allowed to favour one online service over another for commercial or other reasons -- a concept known as "net neutrality". AFP.
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Activists of Indian Youth Congress and National Students Union of India shout anti-government slogans as they protest in support of net neutrality in New Delhi on April 16, 2015. India`s largest e-commerce portal Flipkart on April 14 scrapped plans to offer free access to its app after getting caught up in a growing row over net neutrality, with the criticism of Flipkart feeding into a broader debate on whether Internet service providers should be allowed to favour one online service over another for commercial or other reasons -- a concept known as "net neutrality". AFP.
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Activists of Indian Youth Congress and National Students Union of India shout anti-government slogans as they protest in support of net neutrality in New Delhi on April 16, 2015. India`s largest e-commerce portal Flipkart on April 14 scrapped plans to offer free access to its app after getting caught up in a growing row over net neutrality, with the criticism of Flipkart feeding into a broader debate on whether Internet service providers should be allowed to favour one online service over another for commercial or other reasons -- a concept known as "net neutrality". AFP.
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Activists of Indian Youth Congress and National Students Union of India shout anti-government slogans as they protest in support of net neutrality in New Delhi on April 16, 2015. India`s largest e-commerce portal Flipkart on April 14 scrapped plans to offer free access to its app after getting caught up in a growing row over net neutrality, with the criticism of Flipkart feeding into a broader debate on whether Internet service providers should be allowed to favour one online service over another for commercial or other reasons -- a concept known as "net neutrality". AFP.
