Internet.org Offers Free Access to Over 800 Million in 9
Countries: Zuckerberg:
Even
as the debate on Facebook's Internet.org initiative violating net neutrality
rages on, its CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said the platform has made
free basic Internet services available to more than 800 million people in nine
countries, including India.
Internet.org is
a Facebook-led initiative which states that it
aims to bring 5 billion people online in partnership with tech giants like
Samsung and Qualcomm.
However, Facebook's partnership with
Reliance Communications in India to provide free Internet access to 33 websites
as part of its Internet.org initiative has raised quite a few eyebrows with
free Internet activists saying that it violates the idea of net neutrality.
"Internet.org, our effort to
connect everyone in the world to the Internet, continues to gather momentum.
We've now made free basic Internet services available to more than 800 million
people in nine countries, including just in this quarter, launching in India,
Colombia, Ghana, Guatemala, and the Philippines," Zuckerberg said during
its Q1 earnings call.
source: ndtv
source: ndtv
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