Facebook has launched a campaign in favour of its version of Net Neutrality which favours zero rating on its Internet.org platform. The social networking platform has started placing ads in the middle of people's timelines on their mobile phone application. When clicked, it redirects them to a Change.org petition which asks people to support their initiative. The Change.org petition shows that it has currently over 100,000 supporters and has set a target of 150,000 supporters. Some of the screenshots popping up: Facebook is running a support campaign for http://t.co/pYdiEOj4o5...on your timeline pic.twitter.com/thOaF8fwVA — Anupam (@anupamsaxena) May 7, 2015 Does not support free Internet, just Internet.org Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been increasingly positioning Internet.org as a philanthropic initiative to get the next billion people on the Internet and through the portal where "a chicken farmer is able to sell more of his stock, an expectant mother can look up health information that will help her raise her child, and a student can find education services to study for exams." But the petition really does not support a free Internet, but just Internet.org. Last week, Zuckerberg opened up the Internet.org platform to all developers where any company could sign up to be zero rated, and customers would not have to pay for accessing these sites. Websites would also have to be approved by Facebook to be allowed in. However, services running on Internet.org will not be allowed to use VoIP, video, file transfer, high resolution photos, or high volume of photos. They also cannot use JavaScript or SSL/TLS/HTTPS. Internet.org says that unsupported content on…
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