In response to Zuckerberg’s assurances over net neutrality SaveTheInternet.in has written an open letter addressing the Facebook CEO why his claims do not meet the litmus test of net neutrality. His last visit to Delhi was in October of 2014, during which he met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the first Internet.org Summit.
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Here are a few of the extracts from his hour-long town hall with around 900 guests, mainly students of the technology institute. “Zuckerberg is asking people to choose between universal connectivity and net neutrality”, Pahwa said. No one person can do that.
None of the people who built big companies thought that they would be as big as they ended up being.
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Technology enables people to have supernatural powers.
The host says TheFacebook is just the latest in a trend of “college network websites” helping people look for love or jobs.
We are working on a project where AI (artificial intelligence) can describe photos to blind people. In five to 10 years, we (Facebook) want to build computers that have basic human senses better than humans. You additionally reserve the proper to reject providers from Internet.org. It is live in 24 countries in the world and growing. We need extra individuals to get entry to the web-the whole web-and never primarily the filter for the online that you’ve arrange with Internet.org/Free Basics.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Facebook CEO additionally gave out explanation why he doesn’t assume zero-score plans like Internet.org (now renamed as Free Basics) are towards net neutrality.
On his interest in India…… But as he set foot in India to complete his Asian tour promoting Facebook’s initiatives, he was treading on more antagonistic ground. It’s only taken us 20-odd years to get to this point, but in the process of becoming totally connected, we’ve managed to leave a lot of people behind: approximately 4 billion people, if you want to put a number on it.
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It is a matter of distress that Facebook, through its internet.org platform, has sought to undermine net neutrality in India, and also increasingly questioned the motives of more than a million Indians who have participated in consultations organized by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) as well as the Department of Telecom (DoT). People who don’t have access to information pertaining to education, healthcare, and job listings can be helped by the new initiative. They argue that behind Zuckerberg’s humanitarian rhetoric, Internet.org is simply a mechanism to cull valuable user data from a massive untapped market (those who aren’t yet connected to the internet) via the social media site.
