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— -- Q: One thing we would like to do different in our business next year is to start a Facebook Fan page. Could you possibly give me some ideas on how to do so effectively? — Esteban A: To call ...
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, ...
The government has halted the program over concerns that Facebook violates Net neutrality by offering only certain Web content for free. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and ...
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today ruled that 'Free Basics' violates net neutrality. Facebook's Free Basics mobile app—and others like it—have been banned in India. The Telecom ...
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 ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about business in India, especially the new economy. A ferocious resistance has built up in India to Facebook's ballyhooed ...
Land grab! Net neutrality! Imperialism! There was a lot of justified outrage (and perhaps delight) when Mark Zuckerberg’s dream of bringing the Internet to rural Indians came crashing down recently, ...
Facebook’s Internet.org program, intended to supply free Internet to people in developing countries, is renaming its app “Free Basics”–and allowing developers greater flexibility in creating apps for ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook says it's changing the name of its controversial Internet.org app and mobile website to Free Basics by Facebook. The rebranding will help consumers better distinguish between ...
Nobody ever said connecting the world would be easy. Despite aggressive efforts to promote universal connectivity in India, Facebook just struck out. India’s telecom regulator has blocked the ...
Facebook's controversial Free Basics service quietly disappeared from several markets over the past few months, according to The Outline. One of those countries is Myanmar, where it was accused of ...