While scrolling through your Facebook timeline, if you have been notified about your friends’ appeal for Free Basics to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), then you are not alone. Free Basics, the revamped version of Internet.org, say social media commentators, is Facebook’s plan to collect user data, under the guise of providing digital equality in the country. Angered by the sly ness of the social media giant to manipulate public opinion and gain support, netizens have raised their voices towards more vigilant usage.

A photo uploaded by Facebook for its Free Basics campaign. Social commentators call it a bluff. PIC/FACEBOOK