Facebook teams up with United Nations to bring Internet access to refugee camps:

Facebook’s efforts to connect the world with Internet continues to move into high gear.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Saturday during a United Nation’s luncheon in New York that Facebook is working with the international organization to bring Internet access to refugee camps.
“Connectivity will help refugees better access support from the aid community and maintain their links to family and loved ones,” said Zuckerberg, who delivered his remarks dressed in a suit.
Facebook is also partnering with the ONE campaign, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Save the Children and other nonprofits to launch a global campaign to recognize Internet access as an enabler of human rights. The organizations signed a “connectivity declaration,” which includes a goal to make universal Internet access a reality by 2020.
“A like or a post won’t stop a tank or a bullet, but when people are connected we have the chance to build a common global community with a shared understanding and that’s a powerful force,” Zuckerberg said.
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Meanwhile, the social media giant’s efforts to bring basic Internet services to developing countries as part of an initiative called Internet.org, which was launched in August 2013, hasn’t gone as smoothly as the company expected.
Critics, including companies in India, argue that Facebook’s Internet.org efforts threaten net neutrality — a principle to keep the Internet open and free — because the social media giant limits the free Web service to certain websites such as Facebook and Wikipedia.
Facebook, which has denied the efforts run afoul of net neutrality, opened up Internet.org to developers in May so they can build services within the platform and also recently changed the name of its Internet.org app and mobile site to Free Basics in response to criticism.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to arrive in Silicon Valley today and is also scheduled to participate in a townhall Q&A with Zuckerberg on Sunday morning.

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