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In response of Net Neutrality India's questions on why it was violating net neutrality principles by being part of Internet.org initiative, Cleartrip said posted the following on its blog:
"A few weeks back, Facebook reached out and asked us to participate in the Internet.org initiative with the intention of helping us deliver one of our most affordable products to the more underserved parts of the country. There was no revenue arrangement between us and Internet.org or any of its participants — we were neither paid anything, nor did we pay anything to participate. Additionally we don't make any money out of that product. Since there was absolutely zero money changing hands, we genuinely believed we were contributing to a social cause.
But the recent debate around #NetNeutrality gave us pause to rethink our approach to Internet.org and the idea of large corporations getting involved with picking and choosing who gets access to what and how fast. What started off with providing a simple search service has us now concerned with influencing customer decision-making by forcing options on them, something that is against our core DNA.
So while our original intent was noble, it is impossible to pretend there is no conflict of interest (both real and perceived) in our decision to be a participant in Internet.org. In light of this, Cleartrip has withdrawn our association with and participation in Internet.org entirely.
We believe that the Internet is a great leveller and that freedom of the Internet is critical for innovation. Cleartrip is and always will be a fully committed supporter of #NetNeutrality."
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Internet.org is Facebook's initiative to bring internet services to areas that are still not connected to the web. In India, the programme was launched in India in February 2015, wherein Reliance Communication will provide free internet to the subscribers.
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However, the programme is a little against the principles of net neutrality, which entail that all websites and apps should get the user accessibility and bandwidth. For example, Internet.org only allows users to search queries only via Microsoft's Bing, but not Google or other search engines.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, however, has said that net neutrality can co-exist with Internet.org.
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A neutral internet is one of the hottest topics in India as netizens are slamming the net neutrality violating Airtel Zero plan left, right and centre. This plan requires companies to pay extra to Airtel in order to get their websites and apps to load faster.
READ ALSO: Airtel may withdraw Zero plan, analysts say
Despite signing up for the programme initially, Flipkart yesterday distanced itself from Airtel Zero.
Trai has uploaded a consultation paper on its website so that users can give their views on net neutrality to the regulatory body by April 23. Users can log on to www.savetheinternet.in to answer the questions and send a mail to Trai in just two clicks.
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