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Facebook has actually done a lot of work to reach the "next billion users". See https://info.internet.org/en/impact/ https://info.internet.org/en/impact/. They
by pwaivers 9y ago
Facebook has actually done a lot of work to reach the "next billion users". See https://info.internet.org/en/impact/ https://info.internet.org/en/impact/. They want to make Facebook essentially a portal to the internet for people in poor countries.
- cryptoz 9y agoFacebook's efforts in that are self-serving and mean-spirited. Connecting people to your platform and hiding the rest of the internet while telling them they should love you just isn't right - and it's not done to help them, it's done to make Zuck more money. See "Facebook and the New Colonialism", https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/facebook-and-the-new-colonialism/462393/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/faceb...
- pwaivers 9y agoI agree with you. While it may look altruistic on the surface (providing free internet to the less fortunate), they are actually creating monopoly on Internet for all future users. They can easily cut out competition.