Facebook shuts Free Basics programme in India

This puts an end to Facebook's Free Basics and Airtel's zero rating plans in India. Image Free Basics is no longer available to people in India. Photograph: Reuters     In a boost to......

WB concerned over Facebook's model of free internet

'An open and free internet is a key contributing factor to innovation in the digital economy, making it critical to protect this openness.' The World Bank has said net neutrality should ensure......

Why Free Basics is so contentious in India

  The telecom regulator’s decision on its fate later this month may have a bearing not just on Facebook, but also on the future of internet in India Will Facebook’s Free Basics do......

800 mn people have gained free access through internet.org: Zuckerberg

Says internet.org can co-exist with net neutrality Even as the debate on Facebook's Internet.org initiative violating net neutrality rages on, CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday said the platform has......