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Headline: Facebook Reaches Deal to Beam the Internet to Africa With a Satellite
Actual story: “Facebook announced on Monday that it had joined with Eutelsat, a French satellite company, to provide a selection of free Internet services across sub-Saharan Africa using a satellite that would start orbiting the globe in the second half of next year.”
That is: A selection of the Internet (or rather, Facebook) is now available to a selection of African nations – 14 out of 54 on the continent.
“‘Facebook’s mission is to connect the world,’ Chris Daniels, vice president of Internet.org, said in a statement,” which The New York Times just takes at face value. Jesus.