In an open letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, detractors of Internet.org—a program that aims to be a free, basic Internet provider for third-world countries—cite concerns about privacy and basic ideology that contravenes net neutrality, among others. “It is our belief that Facebook is … building a walled garden in which the world's poorest people will only be able to access a limited set of insecure websites and services,” they write. The letter comes on the heels of an early release of Internet.org, Mashable reports. “We and our critics share a common vision of helping more people gain access to the broadest possible range of experiences and services on the internet," an Internet.org spokesperson said in response to the letter.
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