I would suggest to keep distance to this wannabe-NGO which more or less only exists to serve the interests of commercial players which mostly do * not* stand for a free and open web.
internet.org is nothing what will serve the ideas and ideals of an internet as it is represented also by Wikimedia. Don't believe the hype.
Best regards
Jens Best
2013/8/23 Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com
Hoi,
All we need to do is what we already do: make our content available for free. When we are really in their face that we bring neutral information to everyone, everywhere how and why will they deny us?
Thanks, GerardM
On 23 August 2013 10:59, Kul Wadhwa kwadhwa@wikimedia.org wrote:
Emmanuel,
I have my concerns as well so we're watching how things unfold for now. Perhaps to add to Teemu's question (If I could be so bold) how would internet.org need to evolve to make it worth our time and effort to be involved?
--Kul
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:49 AM, Emmanuel Engelhart <kelson@kiwix.org
wrote:
I'm maybe too pessimistic, but I would be really surprised if this project, at any time, really helps to provide an access (neutral) to
the
Internet.
More probable: They will try to give a free/cheap access to a set of their online services and so one do the same like AOL or MSN have tried to do 15 years ago.
... or like we do with Wikipedia zero... but, to the contrary to this alliance, Wikimedia has never claimed that they wanted to give access
to
the Internet.
So, IMO, this whole story about internet.org stinks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oFXCXQpJXI
Emmanuel
Le 23/08/2013 10:25, Leinonen Teemu a écrit :
Hi,
Have you noticed the new internet.org initiative by Facebook,
Samsung,
Nokia, Qualcomm, Ericsson and MediaTek?
"Internet.org is a global partnership between technology leaders,
nonprofits, local communities and experts who are working together to
bring
the internet to the two thirds of the world’s population that doesn’t
have
it".[1, 2]
Would it make sense for the WMF's Wikipedia Zero program to
collaborate
with this?
Any comments?
Best regards,
- Teemu[1] http://www.internet.org [2]
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/technology/facebook-leads-an-effort-to-low...
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