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Facebook should also invest something in teaching these people "What is Internet?" and shouldn't limit the people to Facebook when they talk about Internet.org

• Sideloader 11y ago
  Facebook isn't a benevolent society dedicated to introducing people to the greater Internet, it's a publicly traded company interested in maximizing returns for its shareholders. Unsurprisingly, keeping users within the FB ecosystem is the company's main goal, hence the internet.org expansion. This is a worrying development given how many people around the world use FB regularly but the company is not going to promote something that doesn't increase its bottom line. Mark Zuckerberg gives lip service to the idea of net neutrality and says he supports unrestricted access to the free and open Internet, then turns around and does the opposite. The EFF and other organizations have taken the company to task for this devious bait and switch move. I have no idea whether this has had any effect but given FB's track record I suspect not. The best thing you can do is ditch Facebook and explain to others why they might want to consider doing the same. Personally, I get very little value out of the platform and although I do have a FB account I login only three or four times a year.