This Article is From Oct 09, 2014

Mark Zuckerberg to India: 'Connectivity is a Human Right'

Oct 09, 2014 14:43 (IST)


Oct 09, 2014 14:32 (IST)
Over $1 Billion Fund to encourage people to develop apps in local languages; high impact apps that help farmers, students, women : Mark Zuckerberg
  • Free basic internet access should be like dialing 911 in US or 100 here in India
  • Since 2007, Facebook has been working on new apps and services  in local languages
  • 65% people use Facebook in a language other than English including 10 Indian languages
  • India is an amazing country with unlimited potential
 
Oct 09, 2014 14:26 (IST)
'When people are connected, accomplishments are easy,' says Mark Zuckerberg
  • Facebook is working extensively in rural India to enhance connectivity.
  • Connected people have better access to technology, education and jobs
Oct 09, 2014 14:22 (IST)
"Meeting PM Modi tomorrow, he is conmitted to connecting villages online; excited to see how Facebook can help"


Today more than 85% of the people live within the range of an existing network - for these people the problem of connectivity is economic. But the biggest set of barriers is social: Mark Zuckerberg








Oct 09, 2014 14:18 (IST)
We believe that connectivity is a human right: Mark Zuckerberg
  • If you think about the cost about the cost of a mobile phone with an internet connection, a vast majority of that cost is  not the phone itself but the internet access.
  • We want to build an internet that works for all
  • Internet.org is an effort to bring basic internet services to all
Oct 09, 2014 14:15 (IST)
India has shown ability to make great leaps: Mark Zuckerberg in Delhi
  • Technology has to serve the whole society, connectivity cannot be a privilege of the rich and the powerful.
  • When the benefits of technology are shared across the whole society, that's when we can make the big leap.
  • Because India has embraced science, the next generation has the opportunity to bring the world to India and India to the world.
  • The whole world being robbed of creativity and ideas because so many people in india are not online yet
Oct 09, 2014 13:47 (IST)
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg To Meet PM Modi
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, who will begin his two-day visit to India today, is also expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to sources.

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