The Controversy Surrounding Internet.org
From the Blog smartchoice Last week we covered Net Neutrality and how it is related to the internet freedom and access to information. It is important to keep Net Neutrality principles in mind when evaluating Facebook’s Internet.org initiative. Aimed at bringing internet to unconnected population of the world, the initiative include Facebook’s partnership with seven phone companies (*Samsung, Ericsson, MediaTek, Microsoft, Opera Software, Reliance and Qualcomm*) through which a set of applications will be free to access to the subscribers (no data charges). The real challenge that Facebook is trying to address with this initiative is to transform ‘internet’ from a non-commodity for unconnected people to an essential commodity like food, clothing, shelter etc. *Applications* These applications, mostly pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
0 comments :
Post a Comment