Visiting Bogota to promote access to the Internet more through its Internet.org project, Zuckerberg also participated in a question and answer session where he discussed many topics.
"Give people connecting instruments, it is very important in itself to create communication. I believe that many conflicts are misunderstandings, "Zuckerberg said at a press conference in Bogota. "Internet in general and social networks bring reconciliation and peace," he added, referring to the armed conflict born there more than half a century with the guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) currently engaged in a peace process with the authorities.
After a meeting with President Juan Manuel Santos, Mark Zuckerberg has signed with the Colombian government an agreement to offer "free access to the Internet" for mobile phone owners using basic services, according to a release from the Minister of Communications, Diego Molano.
"This alliance with Facebook represents a great help to the challenge we started: to touch people with low incomes, welcomed Diego Molano. It is expected that eight million users to benefit in the future of British internet.org program. »
The program of the visit of the head of Facebook also included a question and answer session with students and entrepreneurs at a university in the capital.
Asked about the reason that led him to react to attacks this January in France, while he did not intervene on issues like Palestine, the attacks in Peshawar ... Mark Zuckerberg said he had reacted because he thought it was related to the mission of Facebook. "All these events around the world are terrible, he said. But this time, the terrorists would not only kill people. These men attacked the freedom of expression. It's just that Facebook: give everyone a place to express themselves without fear. »
Continuing on this theme, a person of the assembly then asked the young boss if he could, in countries that restrict freedom of their citizens, bypass certain laws to allow people to express themselves. "Breaking the law would result in the closure of the service, which would be counterproductive for users in that country, says Marck Zuckerberg. There are not many examples showing the effectiveness of this type of behavior. Our responsibility is rather to make it possible for as many people to express themselves around the world. »
And Mark Zuckerberg to add that if some think that Facebook has thus to be present in most countries to always make more money, it is not. The social network is not accessible in a number of countries, which does not prevent the company's doing very well, he insisted. "I sincerely believe that we serve better our mission by being present in the greatest number of countries to give the many people a place to express themselves and connect with each other. »
The boss of the social network has insisted he had "not designed Facebook to make money, contrary to what some people think." He just wanted to connect people to each other and gradually it has involved more and more people, he says, adding, "We really care about our community and our mission." And when asked if Internet.org is a way to get even more people on Facebook, he replies that he is only interested in the money it would take engineers dedicated to this project to make them work its advertising tools. "But we do not, we really want to make the Internet more. »
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