Facebook’s Internet.org sees defections over alleged harm to net neutrality

App to get poor people online gives free access, but only to selected websites.

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nehinks[/url]":yna7bb2u]I'm a little confused. How is this "app" any different from a browser that can only go to certain addresses? Obviously there is some sort of active data connection if they can visit the selected subset of sites. Is Internet.org paying the data carrier to allow a thin data pipe only to this app, but no others? If they already had access to a data connection, they wouldn't need this app.

As per my understanding, the app is not required to access the sites. It merely serves are a convenient catalogue of sites that can be accessed for free along with an embedded browser. The partner telecom operator provides access to the white-listed sites for free whether it is from the mobile browser or from app.