Blog Post #2 Current Event

"We're going to keep working to connect the entire world -- even if that means looking beyond our planet," Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post.
           Facebook hopes to launch their first satellite in 2016 and that it will be operational by the second half of the year. Their project is part of Facebook's Internet.org project, which has been criticized by some countries. In some areas, particularly India, businesses are angry about the plans, saying it gave Facebook, and its partners, an unfair advantage in developing internet markets. This new project looks to use existing satellite technology to provide affordable internet access.