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

Tue Sep 23 04:21:39 UTC 2014

Yes, there are documents. Nearly the whole conference was documented in
writing and on video. Apart from the conference it can be seen in the way
anti-net neutrality lobbyists and politicians argue. The crack in the net
neutrality alliances made by Wikipedia Zero are used by lobbyists of
certain interests.
Or did you just wanted to suggest that I'm lying, Christian?

Jens
Am 23.09.2014 06:10 schrieb "Cristian Consonni" <kikkocristian at gmail.com>:

> 2014-09-23 5:15 GMT+02:00 Jens Best <jens.best at wikimedia.de>:
> > So, therefore, it has too be said again: Wikipedia Zero is used by mobile
> > providers and its lobbyists to establish an unequal usage of different
> data,
> > in consequence getting people used to violate net neutrality on a regular
> > base.
>
> Is there some kind of document or statement from "lobbysts" using
> Wikipedia Zero as an example in their arguments?
>
> > Even if the foundation now found a so called net neutrality advocate
> which
> > is willing to trade the principle for whatever reason, the global
> gathering
> > (IGF) in Istanbul showed that NGO representatives from USA, Europe and
> the
> > “Global South“ are strongly worried about the fact that Wikipedia Zero
> is a
> > breaker of the net neutrality principle (and some foundation
> representatives
> > strictly ignoring that fact).
> > Member of a “Global South“ initiative called Wikipedia Zero and the way
> it
> > brings “the internet“ to the poor plainly patronizing. They put
> Wikipedia in
> > the same category with Facebook and other US-american Websites which hide
> > their marketing tricks behind nice PR-wordings.
>
> Is there some kind of document of statement from about this?
>
> C
>
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