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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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— 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
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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
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26, 2015</p>
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135px;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.4375rem;font-family:georgia,'times
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roman',times,serif;width:510px;max-width:540px">SEVENTY
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>
<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">At
least, that was the plan.</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">We’ve
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
135px;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.4375rem;font-family:georgia,'times
new
roman',times,serif;width:510px;max-width:540px">Seeing
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
135px;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.4375rem;font-family:georgia,'times
new
roman',times,serif;width:510px;max-width:540px">It
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>
<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">Today
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>
<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">An
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>
<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
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>
<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
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
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.yourbudgit.com/about/"
target="_blank"
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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<p style="margin:0px 0px
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>Andy O’Connell</div>
<div>Global Policy Development</div>
<div>Facebook</div>
<div>Washington, DC</div>
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