Language barrier restricting Net use in India: Facebook

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 09 Oktober 2014 | 23.25

Moneycontrol Bureau

On a two-day visit to India, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said social issues such as non-availability of local languages is the main reason why most Indians don't use internet. 

Speaking at the Internet.org Summit, he said: "Around 80 percent of the content on internet is only in 10 languages," and there are 22 different official languages in India and many more unofficial ones. 65 percent people use the social networking site in languages other than English. Facebook has been working on new services and apps in local languages since 2007.

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Zuckerberg, who believes that connectivity is a human right, said that even in a nation like India that has embraced science and technology - showing its technical skills through Mars Orbiter Mission Mangalyaan - over one billion people did not have access to the internet. He further added that around two-third of the world's population still does not have access to the internet. Statistically, around 25 percent fewer women are connected compared to men.

Further building the case for connectivity, Zuckerberg said it will help the youth in getting access to new jobs, ideas and opportunities. It will also help in receiving education, healthcare and access to new services. He strongly stressed on the fact that connectivity cannot be a privilege of the rich and powerful.

Launched on August 20, 2013, Internet.org aims to provide easily accessible internet at an affordable valuation to two-third of the world population that is still away from internet. He said at the summit that even if an individual does not have a data plan, the world should move towards providing him with free internet. He says free basic internet access should be like dialing 911 in the US or 100 in India.

Zuckerberg believes that the cost of accessing internet needs to come down.

He will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister of Telecommunications and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad among other key ministries to discuss this initiative on Friday. He is excited to help the Indian government in its digitisation scheme. He will be discussing with the PM how the social networking site can help connect villages.

Other than Facebook, the global partnership also has Nokia, Ericsson, Samsung, Qualcomm, Opera and MediaTek as part of the Internet.org programme.

In July, Internet.org was initially made available to Airtel subscribers in Zambia (Africa). Later it was extended to other countries through Internet.org or via Facebook Android app. Zuckerberg says Facebook is on a mission to make the world open and connected. He excitedly shares that Internet.org helped three million people access internet.

The social networking site has been working with Ericsson to build Internet.org lab.


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