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I had this exchange with a VP at Facebook: https://twitter.com/firasd/status/679620676286693377

  Me: if you guys prevail in enabling zero-rating it even damages Facebook.
  WeChat could be zero-rated & undermine WhatsApp
  
  Them: so you're saying it could foster competition?
  
  Me: it means anyone launching an app will have to cut a business deal with an ISP.
  Completely subverts the value of the internet
It's telling that people behind this program don't even understand how critical net neutrality was to Facebook's success and the health of the internet.


Is he really a VP at Facebook or just a troll?!


His twitter just has his first name but from the nature of his tweets he seems like someone working on internet.org




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