5. Last year Facebook and other tech
companies launched Internet.org, a
global partnership to make the
internet available to the two thirds
of the world’s population that
doesn’t have it. We believe
connecting the world is one of the
greatest challenges of our
generation, and that everyone
deserves access to the knowledge,
tools and opportunities that come
from being connected.
6. Connecting the world is one of the
fundamental challenges of our
time. To connect everyone in the
world, we need to invent new
technologies that can solve some of
the physical barriers to
connectivity. That’s why Facebook
is investing in building
technologies to deliver new types of
connectivity on the ground, in
the air and in space.
7. Internet.org today announced
SocialEDU, a pilot project that will
provide students in Rwanda with
free access to a collaborative
online
education experience. Internet.org
members Facebook and Nokia
worked with the Government of
Rwanda, Airtel and edX on a
program to give students access
to free, high-quality, localized
educational content via low-cost
smartphones.
8. 24 February 2014: Today, Unilever
announced a partnership with
Internet.org, a Facebook-led alliance
of partners, to understand
better how internet access can be
increased to reach millions more
people across rural India.