About: Nikhil Pahwa

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Nikhil Pahwa is an Indian journalist, digital rights activist, and founder of MediaNama, a mobile and digital news portal. He has been a key commentator on stories and debates around Indian digital media companies, censorship and Internet and mobile regulation in India. He is the founder of 'Save the Internet' that was instrumental in successfully opposing Facebook's Free Basics programme in India on the basis that it limited competition and violated net neutrality. Pahwa, along with some volunteers of 'Save the Internet' co-founded the Internet Freedom Foundation in 2016 and resigned in 2018. Pahwa was earlier the editor of ContentSutra, which was acquired by the Guardian Media Group. He was named one of India Today Magazine's "Indians of Tomorrow" in 2012, a TED fellow in 2016, and an As

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  • Nikhil Pahwa is an Indian journalist, digital rights activist, and founder of MediaNama, a mobile and digital news portal. He has been a key commentator on stories and debates around Indian digital media companies, censorship and Internet and mobile regulation in India. He is the founder of 'Save the Internet' that was instrumental in successfully opposing Facebook's Free Basics programme in India on the basis that it limited competition and violated net neutrality. Pahwa, along with some volunteers of 'Save the Internet' co-founded the Internet Freedom Foundation in 2016 and resigned in 2018. Pahwa was earlier the editor of ContentSutra, which was acquired by the Guardian Media Group. He was named one of India Today Magazine's "Indians of Tomorrow" in 2012, a TED fellow in 2016, and an Asia21 Young Leader in 2019. (en)
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  • Nikhil Pahwa is an Indian journalist, digital rights activist, and founder of MediaNama, a mobile and digital news portal. He has been a key commentator on stories and debates around Indian digital media companies, censorship and Internet and mobile regulation in India. He is the founder of 'Save the Internet' that was instrumental in successfully opposing Facebook's Free Basics programme in India on the basis that it limited competition and violated net neutrality. Pahwa, along with some volunteers of 'Save the Internet' co-founded the Internet Freedom Foundation in 2016 and resigned in 2018. Pahwa was earlier the editor of ContentSutra, which was acquired by the Guardian Media Group. He was named one of India Today Magazine's "Indians of Tomorrow" in 2012, a TED fellow in 2016, and an As (en)
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