Facebook keen to shift focus to other parts of internet.org

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg voiced his support for Apple in its battle with the government, which is demanding that the company build a backdoor into the iPhone.

A photograph uploaded to social media of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg walking through an auditorium filled with people wearing virtual reality headsets has made waves on the internet this week as people fear it is a glimpse into the future of humanity.

With the development of new video-streaming and virtual reality products, Facebook Inc.is finding it increasingly needs faster mobile phone data networks to enable its products to work better and faster. I don’t think that requiring back doors to encryption is either going to be an effective thing to increase security or is really the right thing to do.

Disappointed with Trai’s ruling banning Free Basics, Facebook has said it will now focus on other parts of the Internet.org programme and wants to work with all operators in order to get more people on the Internet.

While Facebook has maintained that Free Basics is designed to connect the unconnected poor, critics say it creates a walled garden of only selected websites or apps, thus violating the concept of net neutrality. Zuckerberg said that he has been dreaming of using the technology for so long. VR, he said, is becoming the trend people will use to express themselves to those they care about.

Speaking on Monday, however, Mr Zuckerberg denied that Free Basics was part of a commercial master plan. That might sound unusual, but the free version of the internet Facebook wanted to offered emphasised its own services and services offered by its partners. “We believe in encryption”, he was quoted saying by Recode.

His aim is to challenge a next generation 5G networks as a priority, where the company is prepping to deliver by 2020. “But we have a big responsibility to prevent terrorism, and we want to help the governments prevent terrorism”.

Many tech analysts have noted that the partnership between Samsung and Facebook will be beneficial not only to both companies, but also to the whole tech community, especially the fledgling virtual reality platform.

Mr Zuckerberg also participates in what he sees as the looming video phenomenon, publishing a Facebook livestream on Sunday that 150,000 viewers tuned into.