Interview with India's Nikhil Pahwa, the founding editor of MediaNama who pushed against Facebook's Free Basics, on heavy-handed state control of the internet
and why the activist who led its righteous fight against Facebook Free Basics six years ago fears his movement is being coopted by nationalist hawks. https://onezero.medium.com/... OneZero / @ozm : “It's almost like India has China envy.” https://read.medium.com/5RRhjB6 OneZero / @ozm : .@medianama founder @nixxin spearheaded a movement called Save the Internet to pass net neutrality in India and reject Facebook's “Free Basics” proposal. Now he's watching, conflicted, as India becomes a leader in a way he didn't quite envision. https://read.medium.com/paPDgiq OneZero / @ozm : Tech policy, once a niche, has become central to India's politics. Yet it has also taken on an increasingly protectionist bent that Nikhil Pahwa worries will undermine his goal of an open, global internet in which India can be a major player. https://read.medium.com/Dcc01YV David Kaye / @davidakaye : this @WillOremus profile of @nixxin and the emerging threats of digital nationalism is excellent. it's so important to look at #India as pressure on digital rights expands there and globally. https://twitter.com/... Evelyn Douek / @evelyndouek : “Other countries are watching, Pahwa said, and responding to real problems created by dominant online platforms with policies that overreach or abandon the idea of a global internet.” https://onezero.medium.com/... Damon Beres / @dlberes : Fascinating interview with MediaNama founder Nikhil Pawha, the man who rallied India against Facebook's Free Basics program. He now fears that the country's attempts to control the internet are going too far—which... timely! by @WillOremus, tip @Techmeme https://onezero.medium.com/... Thanks: @dlberes See also Mediagazer