WHAT IS NET NEUTRALITY AND INTERNET.ORG

DO YOU REALLY KNOW ABOUT NET NEUTRALITY AND INTERNET.ORG

You Must Have Heard About Net Neutrality and internet .org and you must curious to know what is  actually, so today let me tell you  and inform you regarding net neutrality and Internet.org.
Let me first introduce Internet .org its initiative taken by big companies to provide facility and exposure of internet to that part of world which is yet not touched it so the people will have the power of internet and they can enrich their future

Internet.org is a partnership between social networking services company mojorly Facebook 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.

internet .org has been criticized for violating net neutrality and favoring Facebook's own services over its rivals. 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. 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 Internet.org Platform would be opened to websites that met its criteria

Reliance Communications, a part of the Anil Ambani-led group, Tuesday said it has been roped in by Facebook to offer free access to data and websites to customers through the social networking site’s global digital inclusion initiative, Internet.org.


The Internet.org initiative will provide access to popular websites and services with zero data charge to make it easier for people to access the Internet across both the 2G and 3G platforms, Reliance executives said at a press conference here.


“Internet is the integral part of our well being. It is tool to transform lifestyle. Data is the raw material of the information age,” said Gurdeep Singh, chief executive officer, consumer business, Reliance Communications.

To start with these services will be available to Reliance customers in of Mumbai, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The services will then be extended to the rest of the country in a phased manner with more services and websites.





The company is already live with the he services in all these circles by, said Singh: “We are committed to go online pan-India within 90 days.”

The companies declined to share who will bear the cost of such data. “If we do good to people they will come back to us,” Singh said.


“Today, we’re excited to make the Internet available to millions of people in India through the launch of Internet.org and free basic services with Reliance,” said Chris Daniels, the vice-president of Internet.org at Facebook.


“This is a big step forward in our efforts to connect everyone in India to the Internet, and to help people discover new tools and information that can create more jobs and opportunities.”


Reliance customers can now explore Internet and reap its benefit in daily life, without having to worry about data charges. These set of services also come with free Facebook access, Singh said.

“It is not restricted to any handset, irrespective of screen size or operating platform,” he said.

“Through this partnership, we aim to increase Internet inclusion and encourage more Indians to go online. This will not only accelerate net penetration in India, but also open new socio-economic opportunities to users in areas like education, information and commerce.”

Saying that future belongs to the people with access to internet, he said that people with no access to internet will be “less comparative and agile.

Daniels said Facebook has helped Reliance in the project with technology and users experience.

Reliance customers can access these websites with zero data charges at www.internet.org, or in the Internet.org Android app. Most of the services will be available in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati and Marathi, to begin with.

Reliance Communications, an integrated telecommunications service provider with a pan-India presence, has a customer base of over 110 million, including over 2.6 million individual overseas retail customers.

Some of the free services on offer with Facebook:

• Careers and Jobs: TimesJobs, Babajob
• Education and Knowledge: Wikipedia, wikiHow, Dictionary.com, Translator, Reuters Market Lite, Jagran Josh
• Health and Social Welfare: Facts for Life (UNICEF), BabyCenter & MAMA, Girl Effect (Nike Foundation), iLearn (UN Women), Malaria No More, Socialblood, AP Speaks
• News: BBC News, Times of India, India Today, NDTV, BBC News, IBNLive, Aaj Tak, Amarujala.com, Daily Bhaskar, Maalai Malar, Maharashtra Times, Jagran, Newshunt, Manoramanews.com
• Search: Bing (from Microsoft)
• Social: Facebook, Facebook Messenger
• Sports: ESPN Cricinfo
• Utility: OLX, Astro, Cleartrip, AccuWeather.

You might be wondering what is net neutrality so let tell you that net neutrality the principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites

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