Mark Zuckerberg 'not sure' about Internet.org advertising
by Stuart Dredge from on (#3MJD)
Facebook initiative to bring internet access to emerging markets focused on getting people online, but not (yet) on advertising to them
Advertising is not a "near term" priority for Facebook's Internet.org initiative to get more people online in the developing world, according to chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.
Facebook launched the scheme in 2013 with fellow technology firms including Samsung, Qualcomm, Ericsson and Nokia as its effort to connect "the next few billion people" to the internet.
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