No, Changing Your Facebook Profile Pic Doesn't Mean You Support Internet.org
Doing the rounds on social media yesterday was a controversial story that changing one's profile photo to the Indian tri-color to support the Digital India initiative covertly counted as a vote for Facebook's Internet.org campaign. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed his support for PM Modi's Digital India initiative, with a profile picture change emblazoned with the Indian tri-colour, ahead of his townhall meeting with the Indian Prime Minister on Sunday. Many others followed suit, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself. Facebook even released a tool where anyone can show they are "helping transform India into a digitally empowered society" by simply changing their Facebook profile pic. It wasn't long before all hell broke lose on the Internet and self-proclaimed activists were claiming anyone changing their profile pic using the tool was covertly support Facebook's Internet.org - now called Free Basics - initiative, which violates Net Neu