PROTESTS IN CHENNAI, BENGALURU FOR NET NEUTRALITY
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SK MALIK
Apr 25, 2015, 9:25:30 AM4/25/15
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PROTESTS IN CHENNAI, BENGALURU FOR NET
NEUTRALITY
ANI | Apr 24,
2015, 02.10 PM IST
CHENNAI/BENGALURU: Workers of Free Software Foundation Tamil
Nadu (FSFT) on Thursday protested for the cause of net neutrality at
Edward Elliot's Beach in Chennai.
With the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) deadline on taking responses for the issue coming to an end on April 24, the protesters wanted to create awareness about net neutrality among average internet users.
"Right now, in India the concept of net neutrality which means treating every data and service on the internet equally, is in the process of getting violated. Most of the average internet users are not aware about what net neutrality is. So, our programme is all about bringing this online issue to an offline platform," said Prasanna Venkatesh, the convenor of FSFT.
Join the Times campaign for a neutral internet here
Protesters carried banners with slogans like 'biggies v/s startups', 'I wonder what the end of net neutrality means for us', 'Trai to treat all bits equal'. They also addressed the public about what net neutrality is and what big corporates aim to achieve by throttling it.
Meanwhile, in Bengaluru, Free Software Movement Karnataka (FSMK) carried out a protest too in favour of net neutrality, calling it a 'public utility'.
READ ALSO: Complete coverage on net neutrality
"We are gathered here in support of net neutrality and our primary demand is, we want the TRAI to pass a law to ensure that net neutrality is protected. Our understanding is that the internet is a public utility and not a private property. Companies need to ensure that this remains so," said Vikram Vincent, the general secretary of FSMK.
"Apart from the printing press, the internet has been the next best disruptive technology and unlike the television and the print medium, the ordinary person has had the opportunity to reach out to each other, so we would like the internet to be democratic and allow for innovation," he added.
READ ALSO: What is net neutrality and why it is important?
With the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) deadline on taking responses for the issue coming to an end on April 24, the protesters wanted to create awareness about net neutrality among average internet users.
"Right now, in India the concept of net neutrality which means treating every data and service on the internet equally, is in the process of getting violated. Most of the average internet users are not aware about what net neutrality is. So, our programme is all about bringing this online issue to an offline platform," said Prasanna Venkatesh, the convenor of FSFT.
Join the Times campaign for a neutral internet here
Protesters carried banners with slogans like 'biggies v/s startups', 'I wonder what the end of net neutrality means for us', 'Trai to treat all bits equal'. They also addressed the public about what net neutrality is and what big corporates aim to achieve by throttling it.
Meanwhile, in Bengaluru, Free Software Movement Karnataka (FSMK) carried out a protest too in favour of net neutrality, calling it a 'public utility'.
READ ALSO: Complete coverage on net neutrality
"We are gathered here in support of net neutrality and our primary demand is, we want the TRAI to pass a law to ensure that net neutrality is protected. Our understanding is that the internet is a public utility and not a private property. Companies need to ensure that this remains so," said Vikram Vincent, the general secretary of FSMK.
"Apart from the printing press, the internet has been the next best disruptive technology and unlike the television and the print medium, the ordinary person has had the opportunity to reach out to each other, so we would like the internet to be democratic and allow for innovation," he added.
READ ALSO: What is net neutrality and why it is important?
Vincent further added that if net neutrality is broken, the creativity and innovation people are using to collaborate with each other and build something new would get destroyed.
People were seen carrying banners with slogans like 'internet is my birth right and I should have it', 'my internet my choice'.
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