NEW DELHI: India’s telecom regulator on Monday dealt a blow to Facebook’s plans to offer free mobile Internet through its controversial Free Basics service, by outlawing differential pricing for data packages.

Facebook has suffered a fierce backlash in India from “net neutrality” advocates.

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