Making data free for developing countries | Jimmy Wales

How would free access to data in developing countries impact their education systems? Founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales shares his vision of making wikipedia free on mobiles in South Africa, giving students throughout the country access to information. TEDArchive presents previously unpublished talks from TED conferences. Enjoy this unedited talk by Jimmy Wales. Filmed at TED2014. NOTE: Comments are disabled on this video. We made this difficult decision for the TED Archive because we believe that a well-moderated conversation allows for better commentary from more people and more viewpoints. Studies show that aggressive and hateful comments silence other commenters and drive them away; unfortunately, YouTube's comment moderation tools are simply not up to the task of allowing us to monitor comments on so many videos at once. (We'd love to see this change, YouTube.) So for now, if you'd like to comment on this talk, please use Facebook, Twitter or G+ to discuss with your networks.

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