Mark Zuckerberg has landed in India and he has just made a speech on the first day of Internet.org summit. The motto he has come with is to make sure that everyone in the world gets connectivity to the Internet and it shouldn’t be the privilege for the rich and powerful.
In his speech, he made it clear that he is very excited about his meeting with Narendra Modi tomorrow. The most startling fact presented in the summit was that 69% of Indians still lack internet connectivity.
Here is the video for you to watch.
Here we are sharing some tweets from the live event by one of the renowned journalist of Hindustan Times. These tweets summarizes the important pointers from Zuckerberg’s speech.
#Zuckerburg takes stage in plain green roundneck T-shirt. Not a blue-hued Facebook tee. Surprise! #internetorg
— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) October 9, 2014
Facebook has grown in India from 11 mln in 2011 to 108 mln now #internetorg
— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) October 9, 2014
Infrastructure, affordability and social barriers like local content blocks Net spread – #zuckerberg on #internetorg
— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) October 9, 2014
Zuckerberg pitches for free basic Net access for masses. Calls it a ‘911 for Internet’ #zuckerberg #internetorg
— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) October 9, 2014
Zuckerberg bats for satellites that beam down Net. And solar planes that remind you of Google’s balloons. #internetorg
— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) October 9, 2014
Facebook to launch contest, fund apps and services in local India languages for students, migrant workers, farmers, women. #internetorg
— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) October 9, 2014
65% Facebook users use it in a language other than English, including ten Indian languages: Zuckerberg in Delhi pic.twitter.com/d7wNfYXryb
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) October 9, 2014
Bottomline: Zuckerburg puts development and cult ural globalisation spin in India trip ahead of meeting with Modi #zuckerberg
— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) October 9, 2014
Keep watching this space for all the updates regarding Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to India.
