Millions of Facebook users have no idea they're using the internet
http://qz.com/333313/milliions-of-facebook-users-have-no-idea-theyre-using-the-internet/
(sic)
Since at least 2013, Facebook has been making noises about
connecting the entire world to the internet. But even Sheryl
Sandberg, Facebook's operations head, admits that there are
Facebook users who don't know they're on the internet. So is
Facebook succeeding in its goal if the people it is connecting
have no idea they are using the internet? And what does it mean if
masses of first-time adopters come online not via the open web,
but the closed, proprietary network where they must play by
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's rules? This is more than a matter
of semantics. The expectations and behaviors of the next billion
people to come online will have profound effects on how the
internet evolves. If the majority of the world's online population
spends time on Facebook, then policymakers, businesses, startups,
developers, nonprofits, publishers, and anyone else interested in
communicating with them will also, if they are to be effective, go
to Facebook. That means they, too, must then play by the rules of
one company. And that has implications for us all.
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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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