Developer Draws Legal Threat For Exposing Indian Telco's Net Neutrality Violation

Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 9, 2015 @01:36AM from the pressure-from-abroad dept.

knightsirius writes: Indian broadband and cellular operator Airtel was discovered to be injecting third-party JavaScript files into web pages delivered over their wireless networks. A developer was viewing the source of his own blog and noticed the additional script when viewed on a Airtel connection. He traced the file back to Flash Networks, an Israel-based company, which specializes in "network monetization" and posted the source on GitHub. Since then, he has received a cease-and-desist from Flash Networks and the code on GitHub has been removed following a DMCA takedown notice.

Readers may remember Airtel from its previous dubious record with network neutrality.

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STEREOTYPING IS BAD... by antiperimetaparalogo · 2015-06-09 01:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Israel-based company, which specializes in "network monetization"
STEREOTYPING IS BAD - mkay?

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1. Re:STEREOTYPING IS BAD... by antiperimetaparalogo · 2015-06-09 08:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I get it now, this is one elaborate troll account.
  Well bravo, it took me a while to catch on.
  Well, let's not make it so complex, i am just a guy making comments, not an "elaborate troll" - stay tuned and you may catch on some other comments where i will not be so "elaborate" (nor a "troll", even if i will modded as such).
  
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