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This article was published on February 22, 2016 at 22:19.

Zuckerberg part two. After the surprise appearance last night on the stage of Samsung to launch the virtual reality, the number one Facebook today was expected with the traditional keynote dedicated to Internet.org project to bring connectivity in developing countries. During the evening also talked about the Apple-FBI each other, taking those parts of Tim Cook: “We are with them, we believe in encryption and do not believe that putting a backdoor is synonymous with safety.”

the heart of his speech, however, was the spread of the Internet. “It ‘s crazy that while we are here, 4 billion people today still do not have the ability to access the internet,” he began. Free Basic, one of its cornerstones, recently suffered heavy altolà India, that endangers the net neutrality. The founder of Facebook announced plans right here in Barcelona three years ago. The criticisms are not lacking: on the one hand operators who do not want to give connectivity, on the other purists Internet who read behind the alleged humanitarian mission of Zuckerberg’s will increase the number of users of Facebook services, strengthening the ‘ deceptive idea that the Internet is Facebook.

“With the stop in India we realized that each country is different – said Zuckerberg -. We will go ahead with other developments with local operators. ” For example, the drone solar Aquila and satellites to bring connectivity via laser transmissions.

Facebook announced a project with thirty partners including Intel, Nokia and Deutsche Telekom to develop technologies that reduce the implementation costs of mobile networks in the world and speed the development of 5G. It’s called Telecom Infra Project (Tip) and Facebook notes the benefits are also mentioned that the technical improvements of the networks will give to the development of video and virtual reality.

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