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Internet.org

January 01, 1970

"Free Basics" redirects here. Not to be confused with FreeBASIC. For Facebook's stripped-down zero data charge mobile version, see Facebook Zero.

Internet.org is a partnership between social networking services company Meta Platforms and six companies (Samsung, Ericsson, MediaTek, Opera Software, Nokia and Qualcomm) that plans to bring affordable access to selected Internet services to less developed countries by increasing efficiency, and facilitating the development of new business models around the provision of Internet access.[1][2] The app delivering these services was renamed Free Basics in September 2015.[3] As of April 2018, 100 million people were using internet.org.[4]

Internet.org
Mission statement"Connecting the world"
Type of projectAffordable access to Internet services
Products
FounderFacebook
EstablishedAugust 20, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-08-20)
StatusActive
Websiteinternet.org

It has been criticized for violating net neutrality, and by handpicking internet services that are included, for discriminating against companies not in the list, including competitors of Meta Platforms' subsidiary Facebook.[5][6] In February 2016, regulators banned the Free Basics service in India based on "Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations".[7] The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) accused Facebook of failing to pass on the four questions in the regulator's consultation paper and also blocking access to TRAI's designated email for feedback on Free Basics.[8][9] On February 11, 2016, Facebook withdrew the Free Basics platform from India.[10] In July 2017, Global Voices published the widespread[11][12] report[13][14] "Free Basics in Real Life" analyzing its practices in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and concluding it violates net neutrality, focuses on "Western corporate content",[11] and overall "it's not even very helpful".[12]

History edit

 
Mobile with Free Basics zero rating plan showing Spanish Wikipedia main page in Mexico

Internet.org was launched on August 20, 2013.[2][15][16] At the time of launch, Facebook's founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a ten-page whitepaper he had written elaborating on the vision that asserts that connectivity is a "human right".[17] 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.

During TechCrunch Disrupt on September 11, 2013 Zuckerberg elaborated further on his vision.[18] TechCrunch blog compared Internet.org with Google's Project Loon.[2] Zuckerberg also released a video on September 30, 2013 explaining Internet.org's goal of making the Internet 100 times more affordable.[19]

On February 24, 2014, shortly before a keynote presentation by Zuckerberg at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 24, 2014, Internet.org unveiled several new projects: an education partnership called SocialEDU with Nokia and local carrier AirTel, edX, and the government in Rwanda; a project with Unilever in India; and a new Internet.org Innovation Lab with Ericsson in its Menlo Park HQ.[20] In the presentation, Zuckerberg says that Facebook's recent acquisition of mobile messaging app WhatsApp for $19 billion was closely related to the Internet.org vision.[21][22][23]

In May 2015, Facebook announced the Internet.org Platform, an open program for developers to easily create services that integrate with Internet.org. This was seen by commentators as a response to concerns raised over net neutrality.[24] Participating websites must meet three criteria:[25]

  1. Explore the entire internet (so as to give users a taste of the wider Internet and therefore help them see the value of the Internet),
  2. Efficiency of data use (so that it would be economical for carriers to allow free access to the websites), and
  3. Technical specifications: optimized for browsing on a wide range of devices including smartphones and less sophisticated mobile devices, and should not be dependent on JavaScript or HTTPS.

Satellite development edit

On March 27, 2014, Facebook announced a connectivity lab as part of the Internet.org initiative, with the goal of bringing the Internet to everybody via drones, acquired from the company Ascenta.[26][27][28][29] It is also communicated by the Connectivity Lab, that, besides using drones, low-Earth orbit and geosynchronous satellites would also be part of the project, for establishing internet connectivity in other areas. All three systems would rely on free space optics (FSO). In free space optics, the signal is sent in a compact bundle of infrared light[30]

At Mobile World Congress March 2015, Mark Zuckerberg says that the Internet.org initiative was "willing to work" with Project Loon (Google's project to use high-altitude balloons to provide people cheaper Internet access) but emphasizes that in his view, the real work is in partnering with existing telecommunications companies to improve access and reduce costs for people already within range of a network, which he estimates at over 80% of the population.[31][32]

In October 2015, Facebook and Eutelsat leased the entire Ka-band capacity (36 spot beams with a total throughput of 18 Gbit/s) on the planned AMOS-6 satellite to provide access to parts of Africa[33][34] AMOS-6 was intended to be launched on flight 29 of a SpaceX Falcon 9 to geosynchronous transfer orbit on 3 September 2016. However, on 1 September 2016, during the run-up to a static fire test, there was an anomaly on the launch pad resulting in a fire and the loss of the vehicle and its payload, AMOS-6. There were no injuries.[35]

In January 2016, Google had exited Facebook's Free Basics platform in Zambia. They were included in the initial trial of this project, which was first launched in Zambia.[36]

Net neutrality criticism in India edit

The first Internet.org summit was held on 9 October 2014 in New Delhi, India. The primary objective of this summit was to bring together experts, officials and industry leaders to focus on ways to deliver more Internet services for people in languages other than English. Zuckerberg also met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to talk about how Facebook and the Indian government can collaborate on Internet.org.[37][38][39][40]

In 2015 After a lot of criticism of Internet.org which has a partnership with Reliance in India, Mark Zuckerberg replied in an article for Hindustan Times stating that Internet.org and net neutrality can co-exist and Internet.org will never differentiate between services.[41] His claims were contested by many response articles, including one published in the Hindustan Times.[42][43] In May 2015, the Internet.org Platform, open to participation by any developers meeting specified guidelines, was announced. Some commentators viewed this announcement as a response to the net neutrality concerns expressed.[24] The PMO has expressed displeasure at Facebook's reaction to and handling of TRAI's consultation paper, calling it a crudely majoritarian and orchestrated opinion poll.[44]

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 Internet access to Reliance Telecom's subscribers in India.[42] Until April 2015, Internet.org users could access (for free) only a few websites, and Facebook's role as gatekeeper in determining what websites were in that list was criticised for violating net neutrality. In May 2015, Facebook announced that the Free Basics Platform would be opened to websites that met its criteria.[24][45]

In April 2015, some Indian startups started pulling out of Internet.org to protect net neutrality.[46][47][48] The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in January 2016 criticized Facebook for its misleading commercials and astroturfing the Free Basics campaign. TRAI accused Facebook of failing to pass on the four questions in the regulator's consultation paper and also blocking access to TRAI's designated email for feedback on Free Basics.[8][9] On February 8, 2016, TRAI banned the Free Basics service in India based on "Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations, 2016" notification.[7][49] On February 11, 2016 Facebook withdrew the Free Basics platform from India.[10]

In May 2017, Facebook, in partnership with Indian telecoms operator Bharti Airtel, launched a service under the Express Wi-Fi banner.[50]

Participants edit

Below is a selective history of launch dates and participating mobile networks:

Reception edit

Expanding Internet access edit

An article published on Datamation in August 2013 discussed Internet.org in relation to past accessibility initiatives by Facebook and Google such as Facebook Zero, Google Free Zone, and Project Loon.[82] Internet.org and Project Loon have been described as being engaged in an Internet space race.[83][84][85] There have also been technical debates about the relative feasibility and value of using balloons (as championed by Project Loon) instead of drones,[83] with Mark Zuckerberg favoring drones.[86]

In December 2013, David Talbot wrote a detailed 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.[87]

User experience research edit

In 2015, researchers evaluating how Facebook Zero shapes information and communication technologies (ICT)[88][89] usage in the developing world found that 11% of Indonesians who said they used Facebook also said they did not use the Internet. 65% of Nigerians, and 61% of Indonesians agree with the statement that "Facebook is the Internet" compared with only 5% in the US.[90]

See also edit

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business models around the provision of Internet access 1 2 The app delivering these services was renamed Free Basics in September 2015 3 As of April 2018 100 million people were using internet org 4 Internet orgMission statement Connecting the world Type of projectAffordable access to Internet servicesProductsFree BasicsExpress Wi FiFounderFacebookEstablishedAugust 20 2013 10 years ago 2013 08 20 StatusActiveWebsiteinternet wbr orgIt has been criticized for violating net neutrality and by handpicking internet services that are included for discriminating against companies not in the list including competitors of Meta Platforms subsidiary Facebook 5 6 In February 2016 regulators banned the Free Basics service in India based on Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations 7 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI accused Facebook of failing to pass on the four questions in the regulator s consultation paper and also blocking access to TRAI s designated email for feedback on Free Basics 8 9 On February 11 2016 Facebook withdrew the Free Basics platform from India 10 In July 2017 Global Voices published the widespread 11 12 report 13 14 Free Basics in Real Life analyzing its practices in Africa Asia and Latin America and concluding it violates net neutrality focuses on Western corporate content 11 and overall it s not even very helpful 12 Contents 1 History 1 1 Satellite development 1 2 Net neutrality criticism in India 2 Participants 3 Reception 3 1 Expanding Internet access 3 2 User experience research 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory edit nbsp Mobile with Free Basics zero rating plan showing Spanish Wikipedia main page in Mexico Internet org was launched on August 20 2013 2 15 16 At the time of launch Facebook s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a ten page whitepaper he had written elaborating on the vision that asserts that connectivity is a human right 17 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 During TechCrunch Disrupt on September 11 2013 Zuckerberg elaborated further on his vision 18 TechCrunch blog compared Internet org with Google s Project Loon 2 Zuckerberg also released a video on September 30 2013 explaining Internet org s goal of making the Internet 100 times more affordable 19 On February 24 2014 shortly before a keynote presentation by Zuckerberg at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 24 2014 Internet org unveiled several new projects an education partnership called SocialEDU with Nokia and local carrier AirTel edX and the government in Rwanda a project with Unilever in India and a new Internet org Innovation Lab with Ericsson in its Menlo Park HQ 20 In the presentation Zuckerberg says that Facebook s recent acquisition of mobile messaging app WhatsApp for 19 billion was closely related to the Internet org vision 21 22 23 In May 2015 Facebook announced the Internet org Platform an open program for developers to easily create services that integrate with Internet org This was seen by commentators as a response to concerns raised over net neutrality 24 Participating websites must meet three criteria 25 Explore the entire internet so as to give users a taste of the wider Internet and therefore help them see the value of the Internet Efficiency of data use so that it would be economical for carriers to allow free access to the websites and Technical specifications optimized for browsing on a wide range of devices including smartphones and less sophisticated mobile devices and should not be dependent on JavaScript or HTTPS Satellite development edit On March 27 2014 Facebook announced a connectivity lab as part of the Internet org initiative with the goal of bringing the Internet to everybody via drones acquired from the company Ascenta 26 27 28 29 It is also communicated by the Connectivity Lab that besides using drones low Earth orbit and geosynchronous satellites would also be part of the project for establishing internet connectivity in other areas All three systems would rely on free space optics FSO In free space optics the signal is sent in a compact bundle of infrared light 30 At Mobile World Congress March 2015 Mark Zuckerberg says that the Internet org initiative was willing to work with Project Loon Google s project to use high altitude balloons to provide people cheaper Internet access but emphasizes that in his view the real work is in partnering with existing telecommunications companies to improve access and reduce costs for people already within range of a network which he estimates at over 80 of the population 31 32 In October 2015 Facebook and Eutelsat leased the entire Ka band capacity 36 spot beams with a total throughput of 18 Gbit s on the planned AMOS 6 satellite to provide access to parts of Africa 33 34 AMOS 6 was intended to be launched on flight 29 of a SpaceX Falcon 9 to geosynchronous transfer orbit on 3 September 2016 However on 1 September 2016 during the run up to a static fire test there was an anomaly on the launch pad resulting in a fire and the loss of the vehicle and its payload AMOS 6 There were no injuries 35 In January 2016 Google had exited Facebook s Free Basics platform in Zambia They were included in the initial trial of this project which was first launched in Zambia 36 Net neutrality criticism in India edit The first Internet org summit was held on 9 October 2014 in New Delhi India The primary objective of this summit was to bring together experts officials and industry leaders to focus on ways to deliver more Internet services for people in languages other than English Zuckerberg also met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to talk about how Facebook and the Indian government can collaborate on Internet org 37 38 39 40 In 2015 After a lot of criticism of Internet org which has a partnership with Reliance in India Mark Zuckerberg replied in an article for Hindustan Times stating that Internet org and net neutrality can co exist and Internet org will never differentiate between services 41 His claims were contested by many response articles including one published in the Hindustan Times 42 43 In May 2015 the Internet org Platform open to participation by any developers meeting specified guidelines was announced Some commentators viewed this announcement as a response to the net neutrality concerns expressed 24 The PMO has expressed displeasure at Facebook s reaction to and handling of TRAI s consultation paper calling it a crudely majoritarian and orchestrated opinion poll 44 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 Internet access to Reliance Telecom s subscribers in India 42 Until April 2015 Internet org users could access for free only a few websites and Facebook s role as gatekeeper in determining what websites were in that list was criticised for violating net neutrality In May 2015 Facebook announced that the Free Basics Platform would be opened to websites that met its criteria 24 45 In April 2015 some Indian startups started pulling out of Internet org to protect net neutrality 46 47 48 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI in January 2016 criticized Facebook for its misleading commercials and astroturfing the Free Basics campaign TRAI accused Facebook of failing to pass on the four questions in the regulator s consultation paper and also blocking access to TRAI s designated email for feedback on Free Basics 8 9 On February 8 2016 TRAI banned the Free Basics service in India based on Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations 2016 notification 7 49 On February 11 2016 Facebook withdrew the Free Basics platform from India 10 In May 2017 Facebook in partnership with Indian telecoms operator Bharti Airtel launched a service under the Express Wi Fi banner 50 Participants editBelow is a selective history of launch dates and participating mobile networks July 2014 Zambia 51 October 2014 Tanzania 52 November 2014 Kenya 53 January 2015 Colombia 54 January 2015 Ghana with Airtel 55 10 February 2015 India with Reliance Communications 56 Service permanently banned by TRAI one year later 7 18 March 2015 and 7 October 2015 Philippines with Smart Communications 57 and Globe Telecom 58 31 March 2015 Guatemala with Tigo 59 20 April 2015 Indonesia with Indosat 60 10 May 2015 18 July 2020 Bangladesh with Robi 61 62 13 May 2015 Malawi with TNM and Airtel 63 28 May 2015 and 26 March 2016 Pakistan with Telenor Pakistan 64 65 and Zong Pakistan respectively 66 67 68 5 June 2015 Senegal with Tigo 69 19 June 2015 Bolivia with VIVA 70 71 22 June 2015 Angola with Movicel 72 73 1 July 2015 South Africa with Cell C 72 73 18 October 2015 Egypt with Etisalat Service terminated by the NTRA 74 on December 30 75 after Facebook refused to offer surveillance capabilities for the government 76 16 December 2015 Iraq with Korek Telecom 77 10 May 2016 Nigeria with Airtel Africa 78 2 June 2016 Madagascar with Bip 78 June 2016 Myanmar with Myanma Posts and Telecommunications February 2017 Nigeria with Etisalat Nigeria 79 March 2017 Algeria with Ooredoo April 2017 Belarus with life 80 81 Reception editExpanding Internet access edit An article published on Datamation in August 2013 discussed Internet org in relation to past accessibility initiatives by Facebook and Google such as Facebook Zero Google Free Zone and Project Loon 82 Internet org and Project Loon have been described as being engaged in an Internet space race 83 84 85 There have also been technical debates about the relative feasibility and value of using balloons as championed by Project Loon instead of drones 83 with Mark Zuckerberg favoring drones 86 In December 2013 David Talbot wrote a detailed 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 87 User experience research edit In 2015 researchers evaluating how Facebook Zero shapes information and communication technologies ICT 88 89 usage in the developing world found that 11 of Indonesians who said they used Facebook also said they did not use the Internet 65 of Nigerians and 61 of Indonesians agree with the statement that Facebook is the Internet compared with only 5 in the US 90 See also editAirtel Zero Alliance for Affordable Internet Facebook Zero Express Wi Fi Fon company Geostationary balloon satellite Google Free Zone Guifi net O3b Networks Open Compute Project Outernet Project Loon Telecom Infra Project Wikipedia Zero Zero ratingReferences edit Internet org About Retrieved January 8 2014 a b c Constine Josh August 20 2013 Facebook And 6 Phone Companies Launch Internet org To Bring Affordable Access To 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