"Free Basics", which sounds like an effort to feed the poor in the UK ("Basics"), is part of the fake 'philanthropy', Bill Gates style, complete with tax avoidance and exploitation of the world's poorest in an effort to expand market share for one's own business and/or investments (e.g. Monsanto)

Summary: Response to Mark Zuckerberg's shameful and self-serving attack on the Internet, as well as some basic information about the sham which he misleadingly calls 'free'

INDIA has already had enough trouble resisting Gates' relentless lobbying efforts for GMO in India (Gates is a Monsanto shareholder). Now it needs to resist similar attacks from Facebook and Zuckerberg (Facebook has almost the same owners as Monsanto).

"Just to brighten up the New Year," wrote Eduardo Landaveri, who produced many Spanish translations of our articles, "the Indian's resistance to the so-called "Free Basics", please write something for them. It's [a] critical time on the fight against digital colonialism."

"If you do," he added, "please include the graphic about "Baron Zuckerberg" - "Why do you Indians oppose my "Free Basics" plan of domination? After all you also are a bunch of dumb fucks like ALL my users. I just want to get you out of poverty. Please let me do it. I'm a good boy!"

Many Indians have already written about this subject (see our daily links) and dedicated sites recently set up to antagonise this act of digital colonialism. ⬆