Facebook's Internet.org, which aims to give impoverished people around the world free mobile access to a selection of Internet services, is opening the platform to developers after facing criticism that the program's restrictions violate net neutrality principles.
The partnership with mobile operators gives free access to few dozen websites (including Facebook) through a mobile app available in parts of Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Although the app is ad-free and companies don't pay to be part of it, several companies in India pulled out of Internet.org because it steers users toward a limited set of services.
In response, Facebook today announced the Internet.org platform, "an open program for developers to easily create services that integrate with Internet.org." Any developer will be able to build services that can be accessed through Internet.org, but there are limits on what they can offer.
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