Facebook Free Basics

Facebook parent Meta has started sending out notification to users to inform them about privacy policy update which will roll out from July 26. Meta has rewritten and re-designed its privacy Policy to make it easier to understand.

Meta has announced the shutdown of its affordable Internet access program Express Wi-Fi, which was introduced back in 2016. The service partnered with local Internet service providers and mobile operators to provide cheaper Internet to underserved regions. Meta has not provided a reason for winding down the service in over 30 countries.

Discover is Facebook’s attempt at bringing back its Free Basics program that allows users to browse the internet with some amount of free data.

Facebook says publishers often had "very different points of view" and removing fabricated posts would be "contrary to the basic principles of free speech."

Prasad on Saturday said he had denied permission to Facebook's Free Basics platform.

Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad offered some comfort to spooked internet users in India today, voicing full-throated support for "net neutrality" days after the Donald Trump administration scrapped rules that ensured a free and open internet.

Backing net neutrality in India, the telecom regulator TRAI has said it is not in favour of any "discriminatory treatment" of data, including blocking, slowing or offering preferential speeds or treatment to any content.

A fresh research report outlines all the things that are wrong with Facebook’s Free Basics including violation of net neutrality, non-promotion of local content, and collecting metadata of users.

As Facebook and Google push to make affordable Internet available to more Indians in an attempt to get the country's population online for the first time, Microsoft's ambitions may have hit a roadblock.

The commercial roll out of the project comes a year after Facebook pulled the plug on the controversial 'Free Basics' programme that drew severe criticism from advocates of net neutrality.

Reliance Jio free services offers' controversy, Xiaomi's Pinecone processor goes official, and other top tech news in today's 360 Daily.

Facebook's Express Wifi is a public Wi-Fi service that promises affordable, high quality connections, but is not free.

Months after it received flak for allegedly violating net neutrality with Free Basics, social networking giant Facebook is now testing a new model for public Wi-Fi deployments for offering quality internet access in rural parts of the country.

Months after it received flak for allegedly violating net neutrality with Free Basics, social networking giant Facebook is now testing a new model for public Wi-Fi deployments for offering quality internet access in rural parts of the country.

Facebook is trying to determine how to roll out Free Basics in the US without triggering the regulatory scrutiny it faced in India earlier this year.

Facebook parent Meta has started sending out notification to users to inform them about privacy policy update which will roll out from July 26. Meta has rewritten and re-designed its privacy Policy to make it easier to understand.

Meta has announced the shutdown of its affordable Internet access program Express Wi-Fi, which was introduced back in 2016. The service partnered with local Internet service providers and mobile operators to provide cheaper Internet to underserved regions. Meta has not provided a reason for winding down the service in over 30 countries.

Discover is Facebook’s attempt at bringing back its Free Basics program that allows users to browse the internet with some amount of free data.

Facebook says publishers often had "very different points of view" and removing fabricated posts would be "contrary to the basic principles of free speech."

Prasad on Saturday said he had denied permission to Facebook's Free Basics platform.

Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad offered some comfort to spooked internet users in India today, voicing full-throated support for "net neutrality" days after the Donald Trump administration scrapped rules that ensured a free and open internet.

Backing net neutrality in India, the telecom regulator TRAI has said it is not in favour of any "discriminatory treatment" of data, including blocking, slowing or offering preferential speeds or treatment to any content.

A fresh research report outlines all the things that are wrong with Facebook’s Free Basics including violation of net neutrality, non-promotion of local content, and collecting metadata of users.

As Facebook and Google push to make affordable Internet available to more Indians in an attempt to get the country's population online for the first time, Microsoft's ambitions may have hit a roadblock.

The commercial roll out of the project comes a year after Facebook pulled the plug on the controversial 'Free Basics' programme that drew severe criticism from advocates of net neutrality.

Reliance Jio free services offers' controversy, Xiaomi's Pinecone processor goes official, and other top tech news in today's 360 Daily.

Facebook's Express Wifi is a public Wi-Fi service that promises affordable, high quality connections, but is not free.

Months after it received flak for allegedly violating net neutrality with Free Basics, social networking giant Facebook is now testing a new model for public Wi-Fi deployments for offering quality internet access in rural parts of the country.

Months after it received flak for allegedly violating net neutrality with Free Basics, social networking giant Facebook is now testing a new model for public Wi-Fi deployments for offering quality internet access in rural parts of the country.

Facebook is trying to determine how to roll out Free Basics in the US without triggering the regulatory scrutiny it faced in India earlier this year.