MUMBAI, INDIA: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook, enthralled the 900-strong assembly with his witty and straight from heart responses during the town hall at IIT-Delhi this afternoon.
Dressed in his trademark casuals, Zuckerberg left no stone un-turned to market his pet project, Internet.org and Net Neutrality to a witty one on `finding solutions for the unwanted Candy Crush invites’.
Here are some quotable quotes that reiterate his stand on Internet, its importance and its overall impact globally.
Net neutrality: It is an important principle. It's important to have regulations which prevent companies from hurting people.
In terms of regulation, in India and around the world, people are trying to figure out what Net Neutrality regulations should be.
Our mission is giving people the power to share and making the world more connected.
Why is India important? There are 130 million Facebook users in India. There was not one moment when I had a revelation that Facebook would be this big. I am excited to be in India, the energy here is awesome.
India is the second biggest community we have in the world. Connecting people in India is one of the biggest things we can do in the world.
A billion people in India are still not connected. India is the most important market for Facebook. These town-halls are an important part of how we run Facebook.
Globally: But there are about 4 billion people in the world who do not have Internet access.
Our mission is to connect every person in world.
Bridging language barriers: In 5-10 years, we want to be able to build computer systems which conceive better, can recognize things around world, can translate and understand language better.
Impact: For every 10 people that get access to Internet, 1 job is created and 1 person is lifted out of poverty.
Solutions to Candy Crush requests: We are working on a solution to stop receiving Candy Crush requests.