“Anti-colonialism has been economically catastrophic for the Indian people for decades. Member of Facebook’s board and influential Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen has been forced to apologise after acknowledging that remarks appearing to support British colonialism in India were “ill-informed and ill-advised”. In a post on his personal Facebook page Mr Andreessen, who is also the chairman of venture capital firm Union Square Ventures, said he had made an error when making comments about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi India’s telecommunications regulatory board banned Facebook’s $45m effort to deliver Free Basics and ruled in favour of net neutrality. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg posted a statement on his own Facebook page calling Andreessen’s comments “deeply upsetting”.
Member of Facebook’s board and influential Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen has been forced to apologise after acknowledging that remarks appearing to support British colonialism in India were “ill-informed and ill-advised”. In a post on his personal Facebook page Mr Andreessen, who is also the chairman of venture capital firm Union Square Ventures, said he had made an error when making comments about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi India’s telecommunications regulatory board banned Facebook’s $45m effort to deliver Free Basics and ruled in favour of net neutrality. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg posted a statement on his own Facebook page calling Andreessen’s comments “deeply upsetting”.