With Facebook’s tricolour profile graphic tool to support Digital India job facing criticism of boosting its contentious Internet.org programme, the social networking giant on Tuesday said there was no link between the two and that it’ll shift the incorrect code to get rid of any confusion.

A tool to enable its users to modify their profile images to support the Indian initiative was also found by Facebook.

Nevertheless, a controversy brewed on social media with internet activists asserting that anyone altering their profile images utilizing the tool was supporting Facebook’s Internet.org programme.

Attributing an engineer for the “error”, Facebook said the merchandise in no way connects to or registers support for Internet.org.

“There’s zero link between upgrading your profile image for Digital India and enrolling support for Internet.org,” Facebook said in a statement.

An engineer incorrectly used the words “Internet.org profile image” as a shorthand name he picked for part of the code, it included.

We’re altering the code today to remove any confusion,” the statement said.

Internet activists have criticised the Internet.org platform, which has lately been rebranded as Free Principles, to be in breach of the principle of web neutrality that’s against any priority being granted to a thing in web traffic flow on account of payments to providers like telecom firms.

In a recent interview, Mr. Zuckerberg said it’s significant to get the discussion on internet neutrality “right” in India as the state is home to the world’s biggest inhabitants of the “unconnected”.

He added that also ensure that businesses are permitted to work on new versions for stepping up internet access and the regulatory framework has to shield web neutrality for consumers.