A day after closing down its controversy-ridden Free Basics programme in India, Facebook India Managing Director Kirthiga Reddy said she will step down from her current role and will relocate to the US.
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The social networking giant has started looking for a candidate to take on Reddy’s position. Kirthiga Reddy said she would be moving to the Facebook headquarters in the US in the next 6-12 months.
Reddy said she along with William Easton, Managing Director of Emerging Markets (APAC) and Dan Neary, VP Asia Pacific, have started looking for her successor in India.
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Facebook shut down ‘Free Basics’ in India after Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) barred operators from charging discriminatory rates for Internet access based on content.
Free Basics was offered in India in partnership with Reliance Communications and was earlier known as Internet.org.
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has also slammed Free Basics saying such differential pricing modes are “plainly not acceptable” and Internet should not become a monopoly of few.
(With inputs from PTI)
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