After India’s telecom regulator moved to suspend Facebook’s “Free Basics” service for zero-rated basic Internet service last week, founder Mark Zuckerberg came to its defense today in a charmingly ...

As Ars Technica reports, Free Basics is designed to provide users with free access to what Facebook sees as “basic websites.” These are typically functional sites that provide people with enriching ...

This must have been a pretty bad year for Mark Zuckerberg. He thought he'd be a hero, but now he's a pariah. Why? Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on ...

Om Malik thinks Facebook has been disingenuous in its positioning of Internet.org, a.k.a., Free Basics. “Facebook Free Basics isn’t a charity,” he notes. “People will pay for it with their data … It ...

A new memoir by a former Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) executive reveals how Facebook’s massive campaign to promote Free Basics in India was ultimately undone by a single click. What Happened: In ...