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Protests grow against the Internet.org of Facebook
“We’re convinced that as an increasing number of individuals get access to the web, they are going to see the benefits and need to make use of even more services,” a spokesman told the BBC.
“We consider this so strongly that we’ve worked with operators to provide basic services to individuals at no cost, convinced that new users will immediately need to go beyond basic services and pay for more varied, useful services.”
Internet.org enables subscribers of associate cellular networks to make use of a small variety of online services and never needing to pay to make good use of the data called for.
They contain the Facts for Life wellness website run by the United Nations Children’s Fund, Wikipedia, BBC News, Facebook, Accu weather and also a collection of local news and sports results suppliers.
To get the facility, individuals must use specific Android programs, Internet.org’s web site, Facebook’s own Android program or the Opera Mini browser.
The web pages supplied must not be incidental to minimise information use – videos, high resolution pictures and voice chat facilities aren’t allowed.
Network operators participate since they believe as soon as they’ve had an opportunity to try the free content on offer, users will pay for more extensive internet access.
Facebook says the scheme has been used by more than nine million people to date.
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