Mark zuckerberg speaks out against the internet. Org backlash
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After being accused of violating Net Neutrality, Mark Zuckerberg has explained his stand on his Facebook status. ON ZERO RATING AND PARTNERING WITH RELIANCE NETWORK > In India, we’ve
already rolled out free basic services on the > Reliance network to millions of people in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, > Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala and Telangana. But some people have
> criticized the concept of zero-rating that allows Internet.org to > deliver free basic internet services, saying that offering some > services for free goes against the spirit of
net neutrality. I > strongly disagree with this. ON NET NEUTRALITY > We fully support net neutrality. We want to keep the internet open. > Net neutrality ensures network operators
don’t discriminate by > limiting access to services you want to use. It’s an essential > part of the open internet, and we are fully committed to it. NET NEUTRALITY DOESN’T HAVE TO BE
IN CONFLICT WITH UNIVERSAL CONNECTIVITY > Net neutrality is not in conflict with working to get more people > connected. These two principles — universal connectivity and net >
neutrality — can and must coexist. To give more people access to > the internet, it is useful to offer some service for free. If > someone can’t afford to pay for connectivity, it is
always better > to have some access than none at all. ON BEING ACCUSED OF CREATING FAST LANES > Internet.org doesn’t block or throttle any other services or > create fast lanes –and
it never will. We’re open for all mobile > operators and we’re not stopping anyone from joining. We want as > many internet providers to join so as many people as possible can be >
connected. You can read his full status here. Published: 17 Apr 2015, 1:48 PM IST