Its Free Basics program now offers free but limited Internet surfing in 63 countries around the world through partnerships with local telecoms communities. (You may also know the initiative by its ...

This week, Facebook released Discover, the latest take on its Free Basics “web for all” work. Available in Peru, Discover is a mobile web and Android app that provides users with a daily balance of ...

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When Facebook launched its Free Basics app aimed at helping people without Internet access, they said that the app would serve as an “on ramp” to using the whole global Internet. But new research by ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook wants to bring its controversial Free Basics app to the U.S. with the goal of giving limited Internet access to people who don't have it, according to a published report. The ...

Across the world, efforts to increase internet access are wide-ranging — there is everything from public-private infrastructure development, to community-built mesh networks from Oaxaca to Cape Verde, ...

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 ...

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Facebook has increased access to the internet in India by expanding the reach of its Free Basics app to the entire nation via Reliance Communications’ (RCom) mobile network. Facebook chief executive ...