Sunil Abraham and The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a leading American newspaper with a strong international reporting tradition, particularly on politics, law, technology, and global public policy. Its South Asia coverage has frequently examined how democratic institutions, courts, and civil society respond to the rapid expansion of digital platforms and networked technologies.

Across several reports published during key moments in India’s internet policy debates, Sunil Abraham appears as a quoted expert and analytical voice. His contributions typically address questions of online free expression, platform dominance, net neutrality, and the unintended consequences of technology-driven governance.

This cluster brings together all available media mentions of Sunil Abraham in The Washington Post. Read together, these articles offer a record of how Indian digital policy issues were framed within international public-interest journalism, especially during periods of regulatory uncertainty and constitutional scrutiny.

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India Bans Facebook's 'Free' Internet for the Poor
8 February 2016
A Washington Post report on TRAI's 2016 prohibition of differential pricing that ended Facebook's Free Basics programme in India, featuring Sunil Abraham's criticism of Facebook's aggressive public relations campaign during the consultation process.
India Debates Limits to Freedom of Expression
12 February 2012
A Washington Post report on India's tightening restrictions on free expression across media, arts and online platforms, featuring Sunil Abraham's warning that government censorship proposals would kill internet vibrancy and often target political criticism rather than genuine hate speech.
India's Supreme Court Strikes Down Law That Led to Facebook Arrests
24 March 2015
A Washington Post report on the Supreme Court's 2015 decision striking down Section 66A of the IT Act, which criminalised 'offensive' online speech, featuring Sunil Abraham's explanation that the provision originally aimed at spam was weaponised by politicians to silence criticism.
India, Egypt Say No Thanks to Free Internet from Facebook
28 January 2016
A Washington Post report on the regulatory backlash against Facebook's Free Basics in India and Egypt, featuring Sunil Abraham's analysis that India's net neutrality debate would shape how other countries price and regulate differential internet access.
Is India the Next Frontier for Facebook?
9 October 2014
A Washington Post report on Mark Zuckerberg's push to expand Internet.org in India, featuring Sunil Abraham's assessment that the free but limited connectivity model creates walled-garden monopolies, yet may be a pragmatic short-term solution given India's infrastructure gaps.