Debate, don’t spread falsehood, says Airtel

New Delhi: Finding itself at the receiving end of the Net Neutrality campaign, telecom giant Bharti Airtel on Sunday said “falsehood” is being spread in the name of a debate on keeping Internet equally accessible for all.

Bharti Airtel, which has over 22 crore mobile subscribers, has already reached out to its customers and employees through e-mails and social media to present its case on the Net neutrality issue. There has been a huge uproar on different social media platforms against the telecom operator’s ‘Airtel Zero’ plan, as also against Facebook’s Internet.org platform among others.

“We are totally in favour of having debate, but a debate and spreading falsehood are not the same thing. I can disagree with you but we should not lie about you. We thought clearest way of countering myth was laying out of our four pledges on Net neutrality in public domain, making sure that everyone was aware about our position,” Airtel consumer business director Srinivasan Gopalan said. It has been at the centre of this whole debate after the launch of ‘Zero Plan’.