The Register: Net neutrality protestors bundled out of UN conference

Zuckerberg’s Internet.org is NOT the real Internet. It’s a violation of Net Neutrality. Stand with people around the world demanding Zuckerberg stops restricting access to the open Internet: http://om4.me/Zos Article by Kieren McCarthy for The Register Efforts to protest Facebook's Internet.org project at the annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) being held in Brazil this week were shut down by United Nations security staff.

Zuckerberg’s Internet.org is NOT the real Internet. It’s a violation of Net Neutrality. Stand with people around the world demanding Zuckerberg stops restricting access to the open Internet: http://om4.me/Zos

Article by Kieren McCarthy for The Register

Efforts to protest Facebook's Internet.org project at the annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) being held in Brazil this week were shut down by United Nations security staff.

A video of the protest – carried out during an opening speech by Brazil's communication minister André Figueiredo – shows around 10 protestors holding up messages in Portuguese and English complaining that the Internet.org service was a violation of net neutrality.

When a second group tries to unfurl a large banner that reads "free basic = free of basic right" with a large Facebook thumb pointing down, UN security staff appear on the scene and start to pull all the signs down.

The protest did not interrupt the minister's speech and the protestors were escorted from the room and their banners confiscated. However, the fact that the protest was shut down prompted complaints online, especially since other protests over the controversial service in Brazil have been allowed to carry on unimpeded.

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