[smc-discuss] Let's fight for Net Neutrality before it becomes necessary. E-Mail the TRAI now.

[akshay]

To my knowledge, this is an official position of Wikimedia foundation
and it has been criticized within Wikipedia.

I had a conversation with @jimmy_wales itself
https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/590423143036096513 . I was,
against my own wishes, forced to argue against free access to world's
knowledge. Because as far as I see, this is not the right way to do it.
I feel so bad now. Why does Jimmy Wales take this position? I guess he'd
even kill to give free access to Wikipedia.

And, he said "Meanwhile you have no credible plan for getting data to
the poorest". What he essentially says is that Internet.org is the only
way for data to reach the poorest. Shouldn't we change this situation?

I'd love to be able to prove him wrong. That his plan was stupid, and
that we don't need Facebook's help in getting Internet to the poorest.

I have a new life mission then.

On 04/21/2015 02:43 PM, Pirate Praveen wrote:
> On Sunday 29 March 2015 06:00 PM, Rajeesh K V wrote:
>> Here's a summary of email that I have sent, in case anyone interested.
> 
> Jimmy Wales took a stand to support cartels like Internet.org instead of
> a free and open internet. He thinks poor people should be happy with any
> bread crumbs their rich masters offer.
> 
> ഇന്റര്‍നെറ്റില്ലാത്ത പാവപ്പെട്ടവര്‍ സുക്കര്‍ബര്‍ഗും ജിമ്മിച്ചായനും എറിഞ്ഞു തരുന്ന ഇന്റര്‍നെറ്റ്
> അപ്പക്കഷ്ണങ്ങള്‍ കൊണ്ടു് തൃപ്തിപ്പെടണമെന്നു്.
> 
> https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/588732012334309377
> 
> I'm curios to see what Sathosh and other Wikimedia members think about
> this issue. Is this an official position of Wikimedia foundation as well?
> 
> 
> 
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