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Mark Zuckerberg Issues Call For Universal Internet Access

Posted by samzenpus on from the net-for-the-people dept.

An anonymous reader writes: During the 70th annual U.N. General Assembly session, Zuckerberg discussed the "importance of connectivity in achieving the U.N.'s sustainable development goals. Connecting the world is one of the fundamental challenges of our generation. More than 4 billion people don't have a voice online." Zuckerberg said. Reuters reports: "The connectivity campaign calls on governments, businesses and innovators to bring the Internet to the some 4 billion people who now do not have access, organizers said. Signing on to the connectivity campaign were U2 star Bono, co-founder of One, a group that fights extreme poverty; actress Charlize Theron, founder of Africa Outreach Project; philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates; British entrepreneur Richard Branson; Huffington Post editor Arianna Huffington; Colombian singer Shakira, actor and activist George Takei and Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales."

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  1. Not universal food, shelter and health care? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I guess he cant make any money of those things....

    1. Re:Not universal food, shelter and health care? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I'd prefer universal birth control myself... look at Africa, it was given massive amounts of assistance from the mid 1980's onwards and all that happened is a doubling of the population from 550M to 1.1Bn with arguably even more suffering.

  2. Then why doesn't Mr Billionaire pay for it? by arfonrg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Then why doesn't Mr Billionaire pay for it?

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  3. No problem by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Pay for it, bitch!

    Nobody keeps you from giving everyone free internet. But it's the usual "socialize cost, privatize revenue", isn't it?

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  4. the hell you say by steak · · Score: 4, Insightful

    the guy who makes money from people giving his website all their personal information, wants everyone to have internet access? color me surprised.

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  5. Self-serving? by ortholattice · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "More than 4 billion people don't have a voice online."

    He really means "More than 4 billion people don't have access to Facebook, its tracking icons, and its ads." And he wants the gov't to pay for it.

  6. Re:/facepalm by Archtech · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes.

    "More than 4 billion people don't have a voice online."

    Translation: "More than 4 billion people are currently ineligible to give me their personal data, so I can sell it and become even more immensely rich". (Why???) "I would like governments (or anyone) to pay for those people to be connected to the Internet, so that I can start making money out of them".

    After all, that's what governments are for - making the immensely rich even immensely richer. Isn't it?

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