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 ...

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 ...

Facebook’s announcement last week that it is rebranding its Internet.org initiative—a bundle of free Internet services that has been rolled out, step by step, in developing countries over the last ...

At times it can be very hard indeed to understand the motivations of some people. So it is with the current argument in India over Facebook's 's Free Basics initiative (earlier called Internet.org).

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, ...

Facebook’s Free Basics, the app that lets users access certain Internet services (like Facebook) for free in emerging markets, has been temporarily banned in India, according to The Times of India.

The social network is reportedly in talks with government officials and wireless carriers. Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying ...

At the moment, Facebook is being compared to the treacherous East India Company, and director Marc Andreessen is being accused of being anti-Indian, a racist, and worse. It wouldn’t surprise me if ...

Facebook is considering whether to launch a mobile application in the United States that would provide free access to a selection of websites, according to a Washington Post report today. Facebook has ...