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World Service,2 mins

India says no to Facebook Free Basics

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India has hundreds of millions of citizens who are disconnected from the internet. Facebook was hoping to help get the country online through a plan called Free Basics, which offers free limited internet access. This week the government's telecoms regulator banned Free Basics and services like it. Why was it so controversial? Here's Simon Atkinson, the editor of the 麻豆社's India Business Report to explain. (Picture credit: Getty Images)

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