VentureBeat

Facebook renames Internet.org to 'Free Basics,' opens up to more developers and web services

Facebook's polarizing and somewhat controversial billion-dollar free Internet project, Internet.org, is today seeing some pretty big changes. The two-year-old project to bring Internet access to four ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

What sort of limited Internet does Facebook’s Free Basics offer? Not much local content, but plenty of corporate services from the U.S.

Its Free Basics program now offers free but limited Internet surfing in 63 countries around the world through partnerships with local telecoms communities. (You may also know the initiative by its ...
Global Voices Online

Facebook’s Free Basics Doesn't Connect You to the Global Internet – But it Does Collect Your Data

When Facebook launched its Free Basics app aimed at helping people without Internet access, they said that the app would serve as an “on ramp” to using the whole global Internet. But new research by ...
Engadget

Facebook's Discover app is a new take on its Free Basics internet service

This week, Facebook released Discover, the latest take on its Free Basics “web for all” work. Available in Peru, Discover is a mobile web and Android app that provides users with a daily balance of ...