SpaceX Explosion Slows Facebook & Israeli Efforts To Control Online Content
Top story: When a rocket operated by SpaceX burned up on the launch
pad, it was a setback to efforts by Facebook to control the online
experiences of millions of rural internet users.
Facebook is using #SpaceX
for their project, Internet .org, described by founder Mark Zuckerberg
in charitable terms, but critics have accused it of spreading
“techno-colonialism.”
Hyderabad, India. A central element of Facebook’s Internet.org campaign
was controversial even before it was shut down in a key market this
month. Indian regulators banned one of the pillars of the campaign, a
service known as Free Basics, because it provided access only to certain
pre-approved services – including Facebook – rather than the full
Internet.
