Denied permission to FB's Free Basics: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Minister of Law and Justice of India, Ravi Shankar Prasad has said he denied permission to Facebook's Free Basics platform while he was handling the communications ministry. "Right of non-discriminatory access to internet is not negotiable," Prasad said. Facebook launched Free Basics across India, offering free internet access to some websites that were available on its Free Basics platform.