Limited free net in Panama: Zuckerberg

A new project will give Panamanians free internet access to "information related to health, safety, transportation and education", Mark Zuckerberg says.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says a new project will give Panamanians limited free internet access. (AAP)

Panamanians will have limited free internet access through the Internet.org initiative, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says.

Zuckerberg announced the project on Thursday alongside Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela at the second CEO Summit of the Americas.

"We are very pleased because in the coming weeks or months we will be launching Internet.org in Panama together with the government," Zuckerberg said.

Zuckerberg explained that Internet.org will give Panamanians free access to "information related to health, safety, transportation and education".

He said the initiative takes two or three years to get working, but that it is already operational in Colombia, Guatemala, Zambia, Kenya and Tanzania.

Varela thanked Zuckerberg for making Internet.org available for the Panamanian government to use as an aid to development.


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