Business Insider cites Professor Barbara van Schewick on the issues behind Facebook’s “Internet.Org,” which seeks to provide Internet access to areas previously without service. 

Not everyone is a fan of Internet.org, Facebook’s non-profit aiming to bring internet access to “the most disadvantaged” parts of the world.

Since its February rollout in India, several big companies from that country, including a giant media firm and a major travel portal, have withdrawn from the service, claiming it conflicts with the spirit of net neutrality.

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The Hindustan Times’ Nikhil Pahwa wrote a scathing response to Zuckerberg’s editorial on Thursday. He cited Stanford Law School professor Barbara van Schewick, who said “zero-rating is the next big threat to innovation and free speech online. It distorts competition, interferes with user choice. And that’s exactly what network neutrality is designed to protect.”