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Legends\n     - Tim Berners-Lee (Inventor of the World Wide Web) - [Article](http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/29/tim-berners-lee-urges-britain-to-fight-snoopers-charter)\n 2. Academia\n     - Professors of top tech institutes in India (IIT, IISc, TIFR, BITS, ISI, +) - [Joint Statement](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iQ1F7-S4NCGqp1FyKiDcK2J1eV4VNqM2B1qC3O4OlfA/edit?pref=2\u0026pli=1) \n 3. Startups / Entrepreneurs \n     - Nikhil Pahwa (campaigning via [SaveTheInternet.In](www.savetheinternet.in) \u0026 [Twitter](twitter.com/nixxin))\n     - Nandan Nilekani (Co-founder Infosys) - [Article] (http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-editorials/free-basics-is-a-walled-garden-heres-a-much-better-scheme-direct-benefit-transfer-for-internet-data-packs/)\n     - 9 Startups have [written to TRAI](http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/facebooks-free-basics-9-indian-startup-ceos-jointly-write-to-trai-chairman-against-it/)\n         - FlipClass\n         - GOQii\n         - Metis Learning\n         - Mouthshut\n         - PayTM\n         - SVG Media\n         - Teesort\n         - TrulyMadly\n         - Zomato\n     - Amod Malviya (ex CTO, Flipkart) - [Blog](https://medium.com/@amod/the-broken-analogy-toll-free-vs-zero-rating-c4a8cd383e69)\n     - Truecaller - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/Truecaller/status/679894955360260096)\n     - Swiggy - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/swiggy_in/status/682129379921559552)\n     - Instamojo - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/sampad/status/679176083082633216)\n     - ClearTax - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/cleartax_in/status/683330422390919168)\n 4. Venture Capitalists \n     - Mohandas Pai (ex CFO, Infosys) [Tweet](https://twitter.com/TVMohandasPai/status/682411029330919424)\n     - Mahesh Murthy [Tweet](https://twitter.com/maheshmurthy/status/681962209157632000)\n 5. Organizations\n     - 30 groups around the world have signed this [open letter](https://www.accessnow.org/open-letter-to-mark-zuckerberg-on-net-neutrality-in-india/)\n      - Access Now – Global\n      - ACI – Participa – Honduras\n      - Asociación Colombiana de Usuarios de Internet (ACUI) – Colombia\n      - Center for Cyber Security Pakistan – Pakistan\n      - Center for Media Justice – United States\n      - Data Roads Foundation – United States\n      - Fight for the Future – United States\n      - Free Press – United States\n      - Free Software Movement of India – India\n      - Fundación Acceso – Central America\n      - Future of Music Coalition – United States\n      - International Modern Media Institute – Iceland\n      - Internet Policy Observatory Pakistan – Pakistan\n      - Intervozes – Brazil\n      - IPANDETEC – Panamá\n      - IT for Change – India\n      - Just Net Coalition – Global\n      - Media Alliance – United States\n      - Media Mobilizing Project – United States\n      - OpenMedia – Global\n      - R3D, Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales – Mexico\n      - Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy \u0026 Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) – Canada\n      - SavetheInternet.in – India\n      - Society for Knowledge Commons – India\n      - SonTusDatos (Artículo 12, A.C.) – Mexico\n      - Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC.in) – India\n      - TEDIC – Paraguay\n      - Unwanted Witness – Uganda\n      - Usuarios Digitales – Ecuador\n      - Zimbabwe Human Rights Forum – Zimbabwe\n      - 18 Million Rising – United States\n     - [FSMI](http://saynotofreebasics.fsmi.in/) (Free Software Movement of India) \n     - [IAMAI](http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/iamai-against-platforms-like-free-basics-says-telcos-shouldnt-have-differential-pricing-293065.html) (The Internet and Mobile Association of India) \n     - [FSMK](https://twitter.com/fsmk_org/status/683267093815361536) (Free Software Movement Karnataka)\n 6. Politicians \u0026 Political parties\n     - Naveen Patnaik (Chief Minister of Odisha) [writes to TRAI](http://www.scribd.com/doc/262137872/Naveen-Patnaik-s-Letter-to-TRAI)\n     - CPI-M [Blog](http://cpim.org/views/facebooks-fraudulent-campaign-free-basics)\n 7. Entertainment\n    - AIB (Indian comedy group, 1.5M Youtube subscribers) - Video [1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfY1NKrzqi0),  [2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0w_YhZUYeA) \u0026 [3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAQWsTFF0BM)\n    - Vishal Dadlani (Bollywood singer, producer, composer, performer) [Tweet \u0026 Video](https://twitter.com/VishalDadlani/status/680482523147665408) \n    - Raghu Ram (ex producer MTV India) [Tweet](https://twitter.com/tweetfromRaghu/status/680694706552979456) \n 8. Journalists\n    - Nikhil Wagle [Tweet](https://twitter.com/waglenikhil/status/681341414404403200)\n 9. Others:\n     - Ramesh Srivats [Tweet](https://twitter.com/rameshsrivats/status/682091113440608256) \n 10. Discussions on HN:\n    - [Facebook is misleading Indians with its full-page ads about Free Basics](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10791198)\n    - [Indian Regulator Temporarily Suspends Facebook’s Free Basics](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10782890)\n    - [Facebook’s “Save Free Basics in India” Campaign Provokes Controversy](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10776426)\n    - [Mark Zuckerberg's Free Basics argument doesn't address conflicts of interest](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10816171)\n    - [\"Free Basics\" - Myths and Facts](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10793344)\n    - [Facebook initiates blitzkrieg ad campaign for Free Basics in India](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10782642)\n    - [India's telecom regulator cracks down on Facebook for its Free Basics campaign](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10931750)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fnet-neutrality%2Fno-free-basics","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fnet-neutrality%2Fno-free-basics","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fnet-neutrality%2Fno-free-basics/lists"}