Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., in this March 7, 2013 file photo.NEW YORK – Food, water and the Internet?
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to get all of the world’s 7 billion people online through a partnership with some of the largest mobile technology companies. He says the Web is an essential part of life, and everyone deserves to be connected, whether they live in Norway, Nicaragua or Namibia.
“The Internet not only connects us to our friends, families and communities, but it is also the foundation of the global knowledge economy,” Zuckerberg wrote in a paper posted to his Facebook page late Tuesday. The title asks “Is Connectivity A Human Right?”
Of course, connecting more people to the Internet is the kind of philanthropy that would create more potential Facebook users, which would also help boost the company’s bottom line.
“There’s nothing wrong with that,” said Fordham University communications professor Paul Levinson, author of “New New Media.”