Google Backs Off Zero Rating In India After Facebook Takes A Global Public Relations Beating

Google appears to be backing away from its plans to support zero rated apps (deals that allowsome apps to bypass broadband ISP usage caps) in India after Facebook found itself at the heart of a global public relations kerfuffle for the practice. As we’ve been noting, Facebook’s Internet.org initiative has been under heavy fire in India as the nation debates net neutrality rules. The program, which provides free access to some Internet content curated by Facebook, has been criticized for being a security, privacy (since it doesn’t allow encrypted content and creates a one-stop shopping location for aggressive governments) and net neutrality threat.
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