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>Technology firms such as Google and Facebook are working on projects to offer free internet to parts of Africa and India. Um, no. Facebook is not offering fre
by zatkin 11y ago
>Technology firms such as Google and Facebook are working on projects to offer free internet to parts of Africa and India.
Um, no. Facebook is not offering free internet. They are offering "Facebook internet", where website maintainers must abide to their guidelines in order to be part of the internet that they offer.
More on the atrocious limitations that they're imposing is outlined here: https://info.internet.org/story/platform https://info.internet.org/story/platform
There has been a lot of traction in the news about this too, so it's worth reading about this before labelling it as "free internet": https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q="free+basics" https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q="free+basics"
- intherdfield 11y agoIt goes on to say, referring to the report, "For those projects to work, the companies need to offer internet access with no strings attached, the World Bank says. At one point, it calls out Facebook’s recent efforts to provide free internet access to consumers in some countries – but only to access Facebook."
- zatkin 11y agoGOOD. Thank God that it's not just tech people yelling at Facebook now.