Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Facebook criticised for creating 'two tier internet' with Internet.org programme...

Internet.org, Facebook’s initiative to expand internet access to the “next billion” people across the developing world, has come under attack from 67 digital rights groups worldwide for not doing enough to promote net neutrality alongside expanding access.

The signatories, which include America’s 18MillionRising.org and Europe’s Free Press Unlimited as well as India’s IT for Change and Nigeria’s Paradigm Initiative, argue that Facebook is “building a walled garden in which the world’s poorest people will only be able to access a limited set of insecure websites and survives”.

“Further, we are deeply concerned that Internet.org has been misleadingly marketed as providing access to the full internet, when in fact it only provides access to a limited number of internet-connected services that are approved by Facebook and local ISPs,” it continues.

The letter, ironically published on Facebook and addressed to Mark Zuckerberg personally, addresses eight separate areas where the signatories perceive Internet.org’s offering as lacking. Full story...

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