User:Vipul/Internet.org

Internet.org was launched on August 20, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/20/mark-zuckerberg-launches-internet-org-to-connect-the-next-5-billion/|title = Mark Zuckerberg launches Internet.org to connect ‘the next 5 billion’|last = Farr|first = Christina|date = August 20, 2013|accessdate = January 8, 2014|publisher = VentureBeat}}{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2013/08/21/mark-zuckerberg-internet-org/|title = Zuckerberg Wants to Bring the Whole Planet Internet Access|last = Schroeder|first = Stan|date = August 21, 2013|accessdate = January 8, 2014|publisher = Mashable}} At the time of launch, Facebook's principal founder and current CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a ten-page whitepaper he had written himself elaborating on the vision.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/isconnectivityahumanright/isconnectivityahumanright.pdf|title = Is Connectivity a Human Right?|last = Zuckerberg|first = Mark|authorlink = Mark Zuckerberg|date = August 20, 2013|accessdate = January 8, 2014}} In the paper, he wrote that Internet.org was a further step in the direction of Facebook's past initiatives, such as Facebook Zero, to improve Internet access for people around the world. He also said that "connectivity is a human right." A TechCrunch article about the launch compared Internet.org with Google's Project Loon.

Zuckerberg elaborated on his vision further in a video for TechCrunch Disrupt on September 11, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/11/everybody-wants-to-be-connected-thats-why-were-here/|title = Zuckerberg’s Manifest Destiny: Connecting The 5 Billion People Without Internet|last = Constine|first = Josh|date = September 11, 2013|accessdate = January 8, 2014}}

On September 16, 2013, Facebook and Internet.org detailed some "1000X" futuristic technologies to move in the direction of their goal of universal affordable Internet access.{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.fb.com/News/720/Focusing-on-Efficiency|title = Focusing on Efficiency|date = September 16, 2013|publisher = Facebook|accessdate = January 8, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/16/tech-to-connect-the-world/|title = Facebook And Internet.org Detail “1000X” Technologies They Hope Will Bring Earth Online|publisher = TechCrunch|date = September 16, 2013|last = Constine|first = Josh|accessdate = January 8, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2013/09/16/facebook-global-internet/|title = Facebook Spearheads Effort for Global Internet Access|date = September 16, 2013|accessdate = January 8, 2014|publisher = Mashable|last = Berkman|first = Frank}}

On September 30, 2013, Zuckerberg released a video explaining Internet.org's goal of making the Internet 100X more affordable.{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57605378-93/zuckerberg-lets-make-the-internet-100x-more-affordable/|title = Zuckerberg: Let's make the Internet 100x more affordable: Working with his Internet.org partners, Facebook's CEO outlines what needs to be done to drop the cost of Web access worldwide.|last = Kerr|first = Dara|date = September 30, 2013|accessdate = January 8, 2014|publisher = CNet}}

In December 2013, David Talbot wrote a lengthy article for Technology Review titled Facebook's Two Faces: Facebook and Google Aim to Fix Global Connectivity, but for Whom? about Internet.org and other Internet accessibility initiatives.{{cite web|url=http://www.technologyreview.com/review/522671/facebooks-two-faces/|title = Facebook's Two Faces|last = Talbot|first = David|authorlink = David Talbot|date = December 17, 2013|accessdate = January 8, 2014}publisher = Technology Review}}

Writing for the US Finance Post, Asif Imtiaz said that there was "nothing altruistic" about Facebook's initiative to spread the Internet.{{cite web|url=http://usfinancepost.com/nothing-altruistic-about-facebooks-initiative-to-spread-the-internet-11862.html|title = Nothing Altruistic About Facebook’s Initiative To Spread The Internet

Read more at http://usfinancepost.com/nothing-altruistic-about-facebooks-initiative-to-spread-the-internet-11862.html|last = Imtiaz|first = Asif|date = January 6, 2014|accessdate = January 8, 2014|publisher = US Finance Post}}

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