[Advocacy Advisors] Wikipedia Zero specifically excepted from ban of zero-rating services in Chile

Mon Sep 22 21:38:33 UTC 2014

1. In a time where net neutrality is under massive attack, “do it like
Chile“ isn't what really helps to sustain a clear and important principle.
It is basically still undermining net neutrality in a fundamental way by
implementing different standards to different data at the level of the
general user experience.

It is still a marketing trick to lure new paying users to the mobile
providers, because every source link out of Wikipedia Zero needs payment.

2. “globally shared meta concept", well, Lila made a good point by pointing
out that the question/the understanding of a public sphere in the web isn't
really good developed. This could be the chance to develop a concept and a
campaign which would allow to stop the damaging Wikipedia Zero project and
start/support action to implement a public sphere which could include
Wikipedia.
That could be a way to bring free knowledge to more people without damaging
important rules of a free and open web.

Jens
Am 22.09.2014 23:23 schrieb "Cristian Consonni" <kikkocristian at gmail.com>:

> 2014-09-22 22:55 GMT+02:00 Jens Best <jens.best at wikimedia.de>:
> > Well,
> >
> > one special exception in one country doesn't put away the fact that
> > Wikipedia Zero is damaging the struggle to keep net neutrality an basic
> > principle around the world.
>
> My understanding was that the possibility of having
> Wikipedia Zero treated as a special exception of Net Neutrality laws
> was considered unrealistic. My understanding is also that Chile has a
> strong net neutrality law in place.
>
> Trying to replicate this situation in other countries would still put
> the movement
> in a position of "opposing net neutrality"? In principle we could
> advocate all over the world to "do like Chile".
>
> > Wikipedia Zero is undermining globally the activities of NGOs, activists
> and
> > other entities against commercial and some governmental interests which
> > would like to weaken/destroy net neutrality.
> >
> > Wikipedia Zero is an argument against net neutrality in the hands of its
> > enemies. With Wikipedia Zero the foundation is endangering its position
> in
> > the digital civil rights movement as seen at the IGF in Istanbul
> recently.
>
> {{inline}}
>
> > Without any globally shared meta concept Wikipedia Zero stays to be a
> welcomed marketing trick for mobile providers.
>
> A "globally shared meta concept" of ... what?
>
> C
>
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