World Bank report voices concerns over zero rating
In the World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends, the World Bank voices concerns about the protection of net neutrality principles, particularly when it is faced with initiatives as Facebook’s Free Basics. Although ‘care should be taken to ensure that users have the greatest possible access’, ‘traffic management measures…should not reduce the enjoyment of fundamental rights and freedoms’, the report claims.
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