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NEW DELHI: The movement for net neutrality gained further strength on Wednesday as Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi pitched for a debate on the issue in the Lok Sabha.Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday gave a notice for the adjournment of the Question Hour and wants the Lok Sabah to debate net neutrality."I am going to speak a few words on net neutrality in Parliament," Rahul Gandhi said.An adjournment motion involves an element of censure against the government. However, it is up to the Speaker to decide on taking up the motion.Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday that the Modi government is serious about the net neutrality issue."Telecom Commission will look into the recommendation of TRAI and then take final decision," Ravi Shankar Prasad said."PM Narendra Modi himself supports the activism of youth on social media and the internet," Ravi Shankar Prasad added.Amid a raging debate on net neutrality, the Competition Commission had said on Tuesday that it was looking into possible abuse of dominance by telecom and internet companies.There are rising concerns over maintaining equal access to internet amid some service providers entering into tie-ups for offering free access to certain mobile apps and websites.Against this backdrop, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) member U C Nahta said that it is looking into whether entities are abusing their dominant position.The regulator is trying to understand whether such practices are just sectoral or tariff issues or whether they violate competition norms.It is looking into whether telecom operators and internet service providers are indulging in unfair business ways by extending preferential treatment to select mobile applications and websites.Net neutrality means that governments and internet service providers should treat all data on the internet equally, therefore, not charging users, content, platform, site, application or mode of communication differentially.>>> @toi_tech >>> TOI_tech