Facebook launches Internet.org `Internet a human right`

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, recently announced that the Internet might actually be a human right. Mark Zuckerberg said "Everything facebook has done has been about giving all people around the world the power to connect' The launch of internet.org, a global partnership with the goal of making internet access available to the next 5 billion people on earth. Founding members of internet.org- Facebook, Ericson,MediaTek,Nokia,Opera,Qualcomm and Sumsung- will develop joint projects,share knowledge and mobilise industry and governments to bring the world online. The birth of such an initiative by global players in the communications industry will bring access to internet at low cost through smartphones and tablets. These technology leaders will aim to make strides in global internet connectivity by 1- making access affordable 2- using data more efficiently and 3- helping business drive access.This will mean that all major and small industry players come together to formulate a global village of access to the internet. 'Today, only 2,7 billion people have access to the internet. Internet adoption is growing by less than 3% each year, which is slow considering how early we are in the Internets development' according to Facebook`s media room www.newsroom.fc.com A lot would need to be done also in South Africa and the whole of Africa, when it comes to infrastructure.But as long as we got the big guns looking out for us, internet access to all is possible to all. https://newsroom.fb.com/