Today, Mark Zuckerberg published a lengthy opinion article in The Times Of India defending his attempt to connect millions of people to the Internet via a suite of Facebook-approved apps. It’s called ...
Facebook, through its Free Basics platform, hopes to bring the Internet to people in emerging markets. But not all countries are on board. Here’s why. Although Facebook isn’t the only company involved ...
Facebook’s Free Basics app aimed at providing free online services in developing countries is not what it claims to be. Njeri Wangari Wanjohi is a Kenyan writer and poet. Kofi Yeboah is a Ghanaian ...
Facebook is considering whether to launch a mobile application in the United States that would provide free access to a selection of websites, according to a Washington Post report today. Facebook has ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about business in India, especially the new economy. Facebook board member and Silicon Valley luminary Marc Andreessen ...
Facebook on Thursday rolled out a friendly-looking new privacy settings page, called “Privacy Basics.” With helpful graphics, cute animations, and a plain-English ...
As recently as last week, Facebook was touting the growth of Free Basics, its Internet.org project designed to give users free curated web access in developing countries, but the app isn’t working out ...
Facebook is very proud of its Free Basics initiative. The successor to the internet.org project brings free online access to the populations of over 65 developing countries, but while that may sound ...
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A report released today by activist group Global Voices found that not only does Facebook’s Free Basics violate net neutrality principles, it’s not even very helpful to those who use it. Free Basics, ...
is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Facebook’s free-but-restricted internet service, Free Basics, has been banned in India after the country’s ...