The debate on the issue of net neutrality seems to be an unending one in India. As per fresh reports, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has once again voiced in support of its controversial Free Basics Internet service.
Zuckerberg asserted that Facebook's Free Basics Internet service safeguards net neutrality. The social networking giant's Free Basics plan enables users to avail of services like education, health care and employment listings via apps that have been created especially for this platform on their phones without a data plan. On the other hand, it does not enable access to many services like YouTube, Gmail, Google or Twitter. This information was revealed in a Times of India report.
In the new step, Zuckerberg took help of a video to promote Free Basics and also wrote a personal appeal in one of the leading newspapers. According to his video post, "We believe that connectivity is a human right and that getting connectivity for the world is one of the fundamental challenges of our generation. When people are connected, we can accomplish some pretty amazing things."
He further added, "We can get closer to the people that we care about, we can get access to new jobs and opportunities and ideas. We can receive education and healthcare and communication and access to new services."
Zuckerberg said India's progress depended on providing Web access to the one billion Indians without it. It is worth noting that Facebook is shelling out billions of dollars on projects to deliver the Web to under-served areas via drones, satellites, and lasers.
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