Next Facebook Town Hall is happening in India! Here are 5 questions Indians may ask

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg announced on his page that he would be arriving in India’s national capital New Delhi on October 28 and will hold a Town Hall at IIT campus.

Zuckerberg, on his FB page, also invited questions, saying he would like to hear directly from active and engaged communities.

“If you have a question, please ask below in the comments. To vote for a question, just like it. I'll be answering questions from across Facebook as well as from a live audience at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. I'll post the live video of the event on the day”: He posted.

Having said that, there are many Indians who would like to ask questions on an array of issues.

Here we have compiled 5 questions that would dominate anyone’s mind.

1. Internet.org: Zuckerberg’s Internet.org is the most talked about topic. It has garnered much criticism, ever since its announcement in India last year. Internet.org offers free access via mobile phones to pared-down web services. However, majority have claimed that it violated principles of net neutrality. So, Zuckerberg will have to do some explaining there.

2. Digital India: When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Silicon Valley, he and Zuckerberg had expressed working together. Google offered to provide 500 railway stations with free WiFi and Microsoft pledged to connect 500,000 Indian villages with cheap broadband access. It is to see how much Facebook is going to invest in Modi’s ‘Digital India’ dream. Zuckerberg had also changed his FB display picture, having an Indian Tricolour film over his photo.

3. Dislike button or more expressive Like button: We all have been waiting for a Dislike button. Instead, Facebook said it was testing ‘Reactions’, which will be more like an expressive Like button. The tests have been launched in Ireland and Spain. Let’s see what Indians have to ask or give their inputs on the same.

4. App-only: E-commerce players are going app-only. Will Facebook also follow the suit?

5. Businesses on Facebook: Is Facebook going to tie-up with e-Commerce players and display products for purchase directly on their own pages. Facebook is mulling to get a ‘buy now’ button.



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