<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.32px">TRAI called for comments, it is covered by Reuters, The Hindu, Indian Express and other news reports that do not feature a link to the comments page. The comment page is not easy to locate on the TRAI website either. The home page is cluttered and badly organized. The titles to the consultation papers are not easy to understand for the common man, and when the link to the comment is identified, it leads to a log in page that requires a new user registration which, on submissi</span><span class="" style="display:inline;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.32px">on, returns a server error page, and on resubmission it says please check your email for confirmation which is not there, many might have walked past these difficulties and submitted their comments, but certainly not an optimal way to consult the people. The design of the webpage is either careless or perhaps thoughtfully so designed to restrain the circle of consultation.</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span class="" style="display:inline;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.32px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span class="" style="display:inline;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.32px">Perhaps the Software Law Center could identify web designers to help TRAI design a comments platform? </span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 8:04 PM, Mishi Choudhary <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mishi@softwarefreedom.org" target="_blank">mishi@softwarefreedom.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Everyone,<br>
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Please consider signing this letter started by Accessnow. Forwarding a<br>
note from Josh Levy. We in India are facing an avalanche of false<br>
advertising by Facebook in its attempt to influence regulator to buy<br>
de-anonymised packets of the poor at bulk rate in the guise of charity.<br>
Indian civil society needs help and support.<br>
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Subject: [global-nn] Facebook urging its users to fight NN in India -<br>
sign-on letter<br>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 11:17:36 -0500<br>
From: Josh Levy <<a href="mailto:josh@accessnow.org">josh@accessnow.org</a>><br>
Reply-To: Josh Levy <<a href="mailto:josh@accessnow.org">josh@accessnow.org</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:global-nn@lists.riseup.net">global-nn@lists.riseup.net</a> <<a href="mailto:global-nn@lists.riseup.net">global-nn@lists.riseup.net</a>><br>
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Hi all - as you've probably seen, Facebook has been running ads in India<br>
and elsewhere urging Free Basics users to sign a petition AGAINST<br>
proposed Net Neutrality rules in India. Many of us have found this<br>
tactic, and the language used in the actual petition, to be<br>
unnecessarily aggressive, unfair, and disingenuous.<br>
<br>
For that reason, Access Now and the folks running SavetheInternet.in<br>
have put together the attached letter to Facebook.<br>
<br>
Please take a look and let me know if you a) have an high-level comments<br>
or concerns, and b) if we can add your org's name. Indian groups think<br>
it would be a huge help to get as many U.S. groups on board as possible.<br>
We'll also be circulating this to the global Net Neutrality list.<br>
<br>
I know it's pretty much the worst timing ever, but we do want to move<br>
this forward over the next few days, with the goal of making the letter<br>
and its signers public next week. Until then, please do not discuss in<br>
public this letter or our strategy.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Josh Levy<br>
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