Freebasics is a poorly disguised but bold move to colonize Internet in developing countries. A brief prequel: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.savetheinternet.in&#x2F;what-facebook-wont-tell-you-about-freebasics" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.savetheinternet.in&#x2F;what-facebook-wont-tell-you-a...</a><p>Freebasics campaign was so flawed and the desperation in willfully misleading people was not even on an acceptable moral terms. Facebook spent a whooping 100 Crore INR for promotion and used the term &quot;Free Internet&quot;. More about this here: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.savetheinternet.in&#x2F;what-facebook-wont-tell-you-about-freebasics" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.savetheinternet.in&#x2F;what-facebook-wont-tell-you-a...</a><p>Andreessen&#x2F;zuckerberg is setting a very bad example here. These tweets are a testimony to the desperation and an act of trying to flex muscle. Tech industry luminaries are least expected to be willfully trying to rob the basic rights of a common man. Sadly we would remain silent partners to the spoiling fabric - if we don&#x27;t vehemently oppose.