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There is a lot of double-speak in this post by Zuckerberg. And it starts with a thinly veiled "think of the children". He talks about "basic Internet services",
by bjelkeman-again 12y ago
There is a lot of double-speak in this post by Zuckerberg. And it starts with a thinly veiled "think of the children". He talks about "basic Internet services", not clarifying that this is only access to a few sites, including Facebook, and says they respect net neutrality. As if those two things were not contradictory. To me this feels like it is about a market grab, camouflage, probably even to himself, as a humanitarian effort.
- nileshtrivedi 12y agoIt's a sneaky ploy to become to gatekeeper. How come e-mail isn't a "basic internet service" but FB Messenger is? Internet.org is neither the Internet nor a .org.
- espadrine 12y agoHow can you even create accounts on most websites without an email address, including on Facebook? I think the intent is to generate revenue from Facebook ads while getting good press from developing countries. Still, I'm glad it generated a backlash. Enforcing a data cap for free accounts would definitely make more sense. Internet is the whole shebang, not just a limb.