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    <font face="Verdana">He and his friends are wrong-- it is not access
      that is essential for people, it is such access that is <br>
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      (1) unmediated </font>by economic and political interests, and <br>
    (2)which is not employed to siphon off micro information which would
    the key economic resources and level of various kinds of control in
    the coming times, <br>
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    and instead puts people and communities in charge of their own
    lives, which is essential.... The Facebook model fully militates
    against such empowering access. This model is no more essential to
    people's connectivity than Monsanto is essential for people's agri-
    livelihood, and Shell is for people's energy needs. <br>
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     Someone should have pointed this out when he spoke. <br>
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    ... parminder <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Sunday 27 September 2015 07:23 PM,
      Carolina Rossini wrote:<br>
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                    — I also wanted to make sure that you saw the news
                    about the Connectivity Declaration, which Mark
                    Zuckerberg announced at the UN today.  You can learn
                    more here:  <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                    There will also be a Zuckerberg-Bono op-ed in the
                    Times tomorrow on connectivity (pasted below).
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                            at the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                              style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none">United
                              Nations</a> in New York where I’m going to
                            call for universal internet access to be
                            made a global priority.<br>
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                            I’m also kicking off a global call to action
                            in partnership with the <a
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                            supported by <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="https://www.facebook.com/action2015"
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                              style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none">Action/2015</a>,
                            the<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                              style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none">Bill
                              & Melinda Gates Foundation</a>, the <a
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                              style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none">Mo
                              Ibrahim Foundation</a>, <a
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                              the Children</a>, <a
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                              href="https://www.facebook.com/TED"
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                              style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none">TED</a>,
                            the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="https://www.facebook.com/unitednationsfoundation"
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                              style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none">United
                              Nations Foundation</a>, <a
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                              href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ushahidi/108316392532530"
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                            Bono, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="https://www.facebook.com/RichardBranson"
                              target="_blank"
                              style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none">Richard
                              Branson</a>,<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="https://www.facebook.com/AriannaHuffington"
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                              style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none">Arianna
                              Huffington</a>, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="https://www.facebook.com/shakira"
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                              style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none">Shakira</a>, <a
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                              style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none">George
                              Takei</a>, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="https://www.facebook.com/charlizetheron"
                              target="_blank"
                              style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none">Charlize
                              Theron</a>, Jimmy Wales and many others. <br>
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                            We have a simple message. Internet access is
                            essential for achieving humanity’s Global
                            Goals.<br>
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                            By giving people access to the tools,
                            knowledge and opportunities of the internet,
                            we can give a voice to the voiceless and
                            power to the powerless. We also know that
                            the internet is a vital enabler of jobs,
                            growth and opportunity. And research tells
                            us that for every 10 people connected to the
                            internet, about 1 is lifted out of poverty. <br>
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                            If we connect the more than 4 billion people
                            not yet online, we have a historic
                            opportunity to lift the entire world in the
                            coming decades. Those without internet
                            access cannot share their voices online. But
                            you can. Share your support at <a
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                          years ago, the United Nations was formed as
                          the expression of a simple choice: cooperation
                          instead of war. Humanity would stand as one
                          against conflict, poverty and disease. All the
                          world’s voices would be heard.</p>
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                          least, that was the plan.</p>
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                          come a long way. We’ve halted and reversed the
                          spread of killer diseases, extended life
                          expectancy and raised incomes. We’ve even
                          walked ourselves back from the edge of some
                          global conflicts and catastrophes. But
                          progress has not been evenly distributed. Too
                          many people have been left outside of a mostly
                          urban, mostly Northern success story.</p>
                        <p style="margin:0px 0px 1em
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                          new
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                          that, world leaders put forth a new set of
                          global goals in New York last week. If we want
                          to build a world where not just some but all
                          get to live in security and prosperity,
                          there’s a lot still to do, as the 2030 Agenda
                          for Sustainable Development signed off on by
                          United Nations member states shows.</p>
                        <p style="margin:0px 0px 1em
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                          new
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                          lists 17 goals and 169 targets, and one of
                          these, 9(c), is a target that we believe is
                          crucial to accelerate realization of all the
                          others: a commitment to provide Internet
                          connectivity for all by 2020.</p>
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                          over half the people on this planet don’t have
                          access. That is not good for anyone — not for
                          the disempowered and disconnected, and not for
                          the other half, whose commerce and security
                          depend on having stable societies.</p>
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                          unprecedented array of technologists and
                          activists — from Mo Ibrahim to Bill and
                          Melinda Gates, action/2015, Ushahidi and
                          Sahara Reporters have come together to support
                          a global Connectivity Declaration, pledging
                          their support for the new global goals and
                          connecting the world to opportunity. This
                          needs to become a global movement.</p>
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                          this century, global development and global
                          connectivity are closely linked. If you want
                          to help people feed, heal, educate and employ
                          themselves around the world, we need to
                          connect the world as well. The Internet should
                          not belong to only three billion people, as it
                          does today. It should be seen as a necessity
                          for development, and a tool that makes larger
                          things possible.</p>
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                          Ethiopia and Tanzania, for example, farmers
                          connect to get better prices, track inventory
                          and make mobile insurance payments in case of
                          bad weather. In Nigeria, citizens use <a
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                            style="color:rgb(50,104,145)">BudgIT</a>, a
                          mobile app, to assess whether governments keep
                          their spending promises. The opportunity is
                          especially great for women. Men have
                          significantly more access to the web, but when
                          women get connected, they use technology as a
                          pathway to better education, health, economic
                          status and security. In Guatemala, cellphones
                          inform mothers how to have healthy
                          pregnancies. In Kenya, women receive financial
                          services via their cellphones thanks to the
                          brilliant M-Pesa microfinance scheme.</p>
                        <p style="margin:0px 0px 1em
                          135px;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.4375rem;font-family:georgia,'times
                          new
                          roman',times,serif;width:510px;max-width:540px">In
                          the last few weeks, we’ve watched desperate
                          refugees seek shelter on the frontiers of
                          Europe. Smartphones have made it possible for
                          those left behind to communicate with loved
                          ones across checkpoints and razor wire. The
                          Internet connected our world in shared grief
                          as a Syrian child’s death on a beach in Turkey
                          came to symbolize every refugee. Social media
                          carried the message and changed not just
                          popular opinion but public policy.</p>
                        <p style="margin:0px 0px 1em
                          135px;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.4375rem;font-family:georgia,'times
                          new
                          roman',times,serif;width:510px;max-width:540px">It’s
                          one thing to say we should connect the world.
                          The real trick is how.</p>
                        <p style="margin:0px 0px 1em
                          135px;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.4375rem;font-family:georgia,'times
                          new
                          roman',times,serif;width:510px;max-width:540px">There’s
                          no simple solution or silicon bullet.</p>
                        <p style="margin:0px 0px 1em
                          135px;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.4375rem;font-family:georgia,'times
                          new
                          roman',times,serif;width:510px;max-width:540px">In
                          many places, increasing connectivity will have
                          to start with extending access to energy. Nine
                          out of 10 rural Africans don’t have
                          electricity. Governments can make the
                          difference. This is why we support initiatives
                          like President Obama’s Power Africa plan and
                          the bipartisan Electrify Africa Act in
                          Congress, as well as the African Development
                          Bank’s investments in renewable energy.</p>
                        <p style="margin:0px 0px 1em
                          135px;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.4375rem;font-family:georgia,'times
                          new
                          roman',times,serif;width:510px;max-width:540px">Where
                          governments lay the foundation, the private
                          sector can build. Promising efforts are
                          underway to bridge the digital divide. But we
                          know the global community can, and must, do
                          more — and urgently. The <a
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/corporate-responsibility/intel-foundation.html"
                            target="_blank"
                            style="color:rgb(50,104,145)">Intel
                            Foundation</a>’s work in STEM education,
                          Microsoft’s use of technology to advance the
                          Millennium Development Goals and Google’s
                          Project Loon to connect remote locations
                          illustrate how technology leaders are
                          prioritizing this effort, as is Internet.org,
                          Facebook’s contribution to meeting the
                          challenge.</p>
                        <p style="margin:0px 0px 1em
                          135px;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.4375rem;font-family:georgia,'times
                          new
                          roman',times,serif;width:510px;max-width:540px">More
                          technology companies and entrepreneurs must
                          take more responsibility. Silicon Valley
                          should look beyond itself and act more on
                          issues like education, health care and the
                          refugee crisis. We challenge the tech industry
                          to do far more for those most marginalized,
                          those trapped in poverty, and those beyond or
                          on the edge of the network.</p>
                        <p style="margin:0px 0px 1em
                          135px;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.4375rem;font-family:georgia,'times
                          new
                          roman',times,serif;width:510px;max-width:540px">All
                          the global goals must be scored — but the goal
                          of connectivity for everyone everywhere will
                          surely hurry this game-that’s-not-a-game to
                          its successful conclusion. <em>Hurry</em> being
                          the operative word here.</p>
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1em;font-size:0.875rem;line-height:1.125rem;font-family:nyt-franklin,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Bono
                            is the lead singer of the band U2 and a
                            founder of the advocacy group ONE and its
                            division (RED). Mark Zuckerberg is the
                            founder and chief executive of Facebook.</p>
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                      <div>———</div>
                      <div>Andy O’Connell</div>
                      <div>Global Policy Development</div>
                      <div>Facebook</div>
                      <div>Washington, DC</div>
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