Mark Zuckerberg, .org Internet is like 911 net

Can the Facebook initiative be compared to an emergency service?

You can always say that it is against the principle of net neutrality , or that because of them, Facebook overshadows internet , but anyway, the offers within the scope Internet.org the project number of social networks allow to have access to a minimum in populations with a subscription with an ISP still is a luxury.

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Remember, Internet.org is the name of the project launched by Facebook and other partners of facilitating access to the web via various means.

In July 2014, Facebook and its partners launched an application "Internet.org" Zambia, which allows users of the network operator Airtel free access to AccuWeather, eZeLibrary, Facebook, Facts for Life, Google Search , Go Zambia Jobs Kokoliko, MAMA (Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action), Messenger, Wikipedia, WRAPP (Women's Rights App) and Zambia uReport.


Since the availability of this app has spread to several other countries, including Ghana, Colombia and most recently India.

During a recent interview with Bloomberg TV, the CEO of Facebook said the model for this initiative. For him, "the most similar model is 911 in the United States" , the hotline that people call in case of accident ( or when Facebook goes down ).

"Even if you have not paid for a telephone sale, you can call 911 and if there [emergency], you get a basic help, and we think that there should be an equivalent of this on the internet - where even if you have not paid for a data offer, you can access basic health information, tools for work, for education, to communicate [...] "

Nevertheless, for Facebook, it also allows to expand its empire. For ISPs working with the leading social networks in the context of this project, it can also help. As explained by the CEO of a number of social networks, people come to understand why they would pay for data deals and operators end up earning more money, which then allows to invest in infrastructure. A kind of internet freemium?
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