Internet.org is a partnership between social networking services company Facebook and seven mobile phone companies (Samsung, Ericsson, MediaTek, Microsoft, Opera Software, Reliance and Qualcomm)
that plans to bring affordable access to selected Internet services to
less developed countries by increasing affordability, increasing
efficiency, and facilitating the development of new business models
around the provision of Internet access.
It has been criticized for violating net neutrality and favoring Facebook's own services over its rivals.An Indian journalist, in his reply to Mark Zuckerberg's article defending Internet.org in India, criticized Internet.org as "being just a Facebook proxy targeting India's poor" as it provides restricted access to internet to Reliance Telecom's subscribers in India. Until April 2015, Internet.org users could access (for free) only a select few websites, and Facebook's role as gatekeeper in determining what websites were in that list was criticised for violating net neutrality. However, in early May 2015, Facebook announced that the Internet.org Platform would be opened up to websites that met particular criteria.
Source : WikiPidea
It has been criticized for violating net neutrality and favoring Facebook's own services over its rivals.An Indian journalist, in his reply to Mark Zuckerberg's article defending Internet.org in India, criticized Internet.org as "being just a Facebook proxy targeting India's poor" as it provides restricted access to internet to Reliance Telecom's subscribers in India. Until April 2015, Internet.org users could access (for free) only a select few websites, and Facebook's role as gatekeeper in determining what websites were in that list was criticised for violating net neutrality. However, in early May 2015, Facebook announced that the Internet.org Platform would be opened up to websites that met particular criteria.
Source : WikiPidea
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