In neighbouring Malaysia, also a country with a Muslim majority, Trump's comments were top news on major websites.
Some major websites – BuzzFeed, Business Insider – ran the video in a trice.
But according to Reg Walker, legitimate resellers are very much in the minority on the major websites.
For a time this severely affected major websites – including Twitter, Pinterest, Reddit, GitHub, Etsy, Tumblr, Spotify, PayPal, Verizon, Comcast and the PlayStation network.
In giving priority to major websites and services, some also worried that Free Basics could lock smaller companies out of the market, stifling innovation in India.
Elsewhere, major websites – such as Cheki in Kenya, Zimbabwe and beyond, and bidorbuy in South Africa – sell new and used cars, deliver groceries and prepared food, or offer eBay-style marketplaces.
Berners-Lee, who is speaking at the World Wide Web Conference in Lyon on Wednesday, also warned people against assuming that major websites and social networks would be around for ever.
Having worked for years as a developer on numerous major websites, including the Guardian's in the late 90s, he found himself at a loose end and began enrolling in Moocs (massive open online courses) to sharpen his coding skills.
News of the breach is the latest in a long line of cyber-attacks on major websites and companies, with telecoms firm TalkTalk and parental forum Mumsnet among those who have been the victims of security breaches in the last year.
In September, the Beijing-based film-maker Fan Popo filed a lawsuit against China's State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) after his documentary about Chinese mothers and their gay and lesbian children disappeared from major websites.
4. Dozens of major websites including Netflix, Uber and the BBC went down simultaneously on Thursday in some areas of the US, but were soon up again in most cases.
