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It is curious how Free Basics is largely overlooked in discussions about Facebook's role as a publisher or platform with respect to speech and access. When it'
by dleslie 8y ago
It is curious how Free Basics is largely overlooked in discussions about Facebook's role as a publisher or platform with respect to speech and access.
When it's the only way to access the internet in an affordable manner, Facebook becomes the de facto authority in control of what readers have access to.
Dangerous.
- bogomipz 8y agoIndeed and FB's internet.org/Free Basics has amassed 100 million users in developing counties at this point. Curiously FB's Free Basics pulled out of Myanmar recently: https://theoutline.com/post/4383/facebook-quietly-ended-free-basics-in-myanmar-and-other-countries?zd=1&zi=62x35icv https://theoutline.com/post/4383/facebook-quietly-ended-free...