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Who has voiced against Free Basics :
- Legends
- Tim Berners-Lee (Inventor of the World Wide Web) - Article
- Academia
- Professors of top tech institutes in India (IIT, IISc, TIFR, BITS, ISI, +) - Joint Statement
- Startups / Entrepreneurs
- Nikhil Pahwa (campaigning via SaveTheInternet.In & Twitter)
- 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/)
- 9 Startups have written to TRAI
- FlipClass
- GOQii
- Metis Learning
- Mouthshut
- PayTM
- SVG Media
- Teesort
- TrulyMadly
- Zomato
- Amod Malviya (ex CTO, Flipkart) - Blog
- Truecaller - Tweet
- Swiggy - Tweet
- Instamojo - Tweet
- ClearTax - Tweet
- Venture Capitalists
- Organizations
- 30 groups around the world have signed this open letter
- Access Now – Global
- ACI – Participa – Honduras
- Asociación Colombiana de Usuarios de Internet (ACUI) – Colombia
- Center for Cyber Security Pakistan – Pakistan
- Center for Media Justice – United States
- Data Roads Foundation – United States
- Fight for the Future – United States
- Free Press – United States
- Free Software Movement of India – India
- Fundación Acceso – Central America
- Future of Music Coalition – United States
- International Modern Media Institute – Iceland
- Internet Policy Observatory Pakistan – Pakistan
- Intervozes – Brazil
- IPANDETEC – Panamá
- IT for Change – India
- Just Net Coalition – Global
- Media Alliance – United States
- Media Mobilizing Project – United States
- OpenMedia – Global
- R3D, Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales – Mexico
- Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) – Canada
- SavetheInternet.in – India
- Society for Knowledge Commons – India
- SonTusDatos (Artículo 12, A.C.) – Mexico
- Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC.in) – India
- TEDIC – Paraguay
- Unwanted Witness – Uganda
- Usuarios Digitales – Ecuador
- Zimbabwe Human Rights Forum – Zimbabwe
- 18 Million Rising – United States
- FSMI (Free Software Movement of India)
- IAMAI (The Internet and Mobile Association of India)
- FSMK (Free Software Movement Karnataka)
- Politicians & Political parties
- Naveen Patnaik (Chief Minister of Odisha) writes to TRAI
- CPI-M Blog
- Entertainment
- AIB (Indian comedy group, 1.5M Youtube subscribers) - Video 1, 2 & 3
- Vishal Dadlani (Bollywood singer, producer, composer, performer) Tweet & Video
- Raghu Ram (ex producer MTV India) Tweet
- Journalists
- Nikhil Wagle Tweet
- Others:
- Ramesh Srivats Tweet
- Discussions on HN: - Facebook is misleading Indians with its full-page ads about Free Basics - Indian Regulator Temporarily Suspends Facebook’s Free Basics - Facebook’s “Save Free Basics in India” Campaign Provokes Controversy - Mark Zuckerberg's Free Basics argument doesn't address conflicts of interest - "Free Basics" - Myths and Facts - Facebook initiates blitzkrieg ad campaign for Free Basics in India - India's telecom regulator cracks down on Facebook for its Free Basics campaign