1. In a time where net neutrality is under massive attack, “do it like Chile“ isn't what really helps to sustain a clear and important principle. It is basically still undermining net neutrality in a fundamental way by implementing different standards to different data at the level of the general user experience.
It is still a marketing trick to lure new paying users to the mobile providers, because every source link out of Wikipedia Zero needs payment.
2. “globally shared meta concept", well, Lila made a good point by pointing out that the question/the understanding of a public sphere in the web isn't really good developed. This could be the chance to develop a concept and a campaign which would allow to stop the damaging Wikipedia Zero project and start/support action to implement a public sphere which could include Wikipedia. That could be a way to bring free knowledge to more people without damaging important rules of a free and open web.
Jens Am 22.09.2014 23:23 schrieb "Cristian Consonni" kikkocristian@gmail.com:
2014-09-22 22:55 GMT+02:00 Jens Best jens.best@wikimedia.de:
Well,
one special exception in one country doesn't put away the fact that Wikipedia Zero is damaging the struggle to keep net neutrality an basic principle around the world.
My understanding was that the possibility of having Wikipedia Zero treated as a special exception of Net Neutrality laws was considered unrealistic. My understanding is also that Chile has a strong net neutrality law in place.
Trying to replicate this situation in other countries would still put the movement in a position of "opposing net neutrality"? In principle we could advocate all over the world to "do like Chile".
Wikipedia Zero is undermining globally the activities of NGOs, activists
and
other entities against commercial and some governmental interests which would like to weaken/destroy net neutrality.
Wikipedia Zero is an argument against net neutrality in the hands of its enemies. With Wikipedia Zero the foundation is endangering its position
in
the digital civil rights movement as seen at the IGF in Istanbul
recently.
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Without any globally shared meta concept Wikipedia Zero stays to be a
welcomed marketing trick for mobile providers.
A "globally shared meta concept" of ... what?
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