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| Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg pledges refugee camp internet access | Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg pledges refugee camp internet access |
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| Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced plans to help bring the internet to UN refugee camps. | Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced plans to help bring the internet to UN refugee camps. |
| Speaking at a UN forum in New York, Mr Zuckerberg said it would help refugees access aid and maintain family links. | Speaking at a UN forum in New York, Mr Zuckerberg said it would help refugees access aid and maintain family links. |
| He also said Facebook would be part of a new campaign to make the internet available to everyone on the planet within five years. | He also said Facebook would be part of a new campaign to make the internet available to everyone on the planet within five years. |
| He said the internet could help the UN meet its development goals and lift people out of poverty. | He said the internet could help the UN meet its development goals and lift people out of poverty. |
| Signatories to the campaign, called the Connectivity Declaration, include rock star Bono, actress Charlize Theron, entrepreneurs Bill Gates and Richard Branson, and Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales. | Signatories to the campaign, called the Connectivity Declaration, include rock star Bono, actress Charlize Theron, entrepreneurs Bill Gates and Richard Branson, and Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales. |
| He said Facebook would work with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. | He said Facebook would work with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. |
| "Connectivity will help refugees better access support from the aid community and maintain links to family and loved ones," he said. "Facebook is in a unique position to help maintain this lifeline." | "Connectivity will help refugees better access support from the aid community and maintain links to family and loved ones," he said. "Facebook is in a unique position to help maintain this lifeline." |
| Some three billion people around the world have internet access, and the connectivity campaign aims to bring the internet to the other four billion. | Some three billion people around the world have internet access, and the connectivity campaign aims to bring the internet to the other four billion. |
| Mr Zuckerberg says that Facebook has nearly 1.5 billion users who log in once a month, and achieved a billion users in a single day for the first time last month. | |
| He has predicted that the site's reach will continue to grow. | He has predicted that the site's reach will continue to grow. |