'Chance Favors the prepared mind' - Louis Pasteur
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 11:16 PM, Ebele Okobi via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
I just wanted to say that we at Facebook STRONGLY reject the sentiments expressed by Marc Andreesen last night regarding India.
He does not speak for us.
Ebele Okobi | Head of Public Policy, Africa
Listers
The issue of Net Neutrality is becoming pretty hot.. Marc Andreessen sparked a furious tweet storm by suggesting that India would have been better off under British rule because of the recent decision on Internet pricing and 'free' access.
See link below.
Africa needs to define its own Net Neutrality rules..And this needs to be done yesterday.
Ali Hussein
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From: <director@ipop.org.pk>
Date: Feb 10, 2016 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: [global-nn] Colonialism in the Digital World
To: <azrak_khan@hotmail.com>, <global-nn@lists.riseup.net>
Cc:
Famed venture capitalist criticized India net neutrality rule and tweeted India would have done better economically under the British Empire.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-10/marc-andreessen-pro-colonialism-tweet-riles-up-india-tech-world
Arzak
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