Broadband body rejects net neutrality, data sharing concerns around FB-Jio deal

New Delhi: Policy think tank Broadband India Forum (BIF) dismissed the concerns around net neutrality and data sharing resulting out of Jio Platforms-Facebook deal as “erroneous, farfetched and not based on facts.”

“There are, as usual, some apprehensions in certain quarters that net neutrality and data protection norms would be flouted and consumer interest harmed,” the association said in a statement on Monday.

“BIF believes that this is erroneous, farfetched and not based on facts. Net Neutrality rules are now unambiguously written into the TSP licenses and so they are inviolate.”

“Secondly, the Data Protection framework to guard consumer interests is under process and is shortly expected to come out as a legislated Act. Hence the second fear is also unfounded.”