Shouldn't we also note that the author of this article is in both the tech startup realm and the online advertising circle of India? That's a pretty clear conflict of interest to me.

I know that it's a strong word but this article feels like pure propaganda to me.

Others can easily focus on bringing a different free service to unconnected parts of the world. There is no additional barrier introduced by Facebooks effort. In fact: competition wouldn't be to bad for Facebooks service initiative. Sure that would be more work than a mindless rant about it's downsides.

Internet.org isn't new. And yes it's bad and doesn't help net neutrality at all.