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Lauren Smiley in BackchannelFeb 121 min read

How India Pierced Facebook’s Free Internet Program

The inside story of Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt to…

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Sumanth RaghavendraFeb 107 min read

A data-driven argument on why Marc Andreessen is wrong about Free Basics

TRAI’s recent decision to ban differential net pricing in India evoked a varied set of emotions across the spectrum — from exultation from Net Neutrality supporters to inchoate murmuring from certain…

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Sandhya Hegde in Good MoneyFeb 104 min read

What Silicon Valley pundits don’t get about FB’s free basics in India

Yesterday, Marc Andreessen got…

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Steven Sinofsky in Learning By ShippingFeb 911 min read

Free Internet Services >> No Internet

Today I feel obligated or maybe compelled to say something about the debate going on in India…

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Anil Dash in Humane TechFeb 265 min read

Who’s Connected: 2 Stories of “Free Internet”

Facebook’s Free Basics and NYC’s LinkNYC both promised to bring Internet connectivity to the masses. So why was the community response to both so different?

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Andrew McLaughlinMar 2710 min read

The Hacker Way Forward: How Facebook Can Fix ‘Free Basics’ in Two Simple Moves

Facebook wants to get…

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Lauren Smiley in BackchannelFeb 83 min read

India Shoots Down Facebook’s Free Basics Program

Facebook will need a Plan B in India.

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MohanDec 28, 20155 min read

Everything wrong with Free basics and Mark’s Op-ed

Today, Mark Zuckerberg wrote an OP-ed in The Times of India. I found his use of Nationalistic sentiments to push his agenda very concerning. I must say that I have lost every bit of respect that I might have had for this man. I would not have…

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Shankar NadarFeb 1

May I add that all the data exchanged through free basics is decrypted at Facebook controlled server and re-encrypted to send to the intended recipient. Why should Facebook a non Indian company control the data flow of free basics in India ?

I love the way you are unbiased in your article Lauren

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Dr. Vandana ShivaDec 29, 20155 min read

‘Free Basics’ will take away more than our right to the internet

As the TRAI decides the fate of Free Basics, Mark Zuckerberg is in India with ₹100 crore, in pocket change, for advertising. Facebook’s Free Basics is a repackaged internet.org, or in other words, a system where…

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How India Pierced Facebook’s Free Internet Program

The inside story of Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt to…

A data-driven argument on why Marc Andreessen is wrong about Free Basics

What Silicon Valley pundits don’t get about FB’s free basics in India

Yesterday, Marc Andreessen got…

Free Internet Services >> No Internet

Who’s Connected: 2 Stories of “Free Internet”

Facebook’s Free Basics and NYC’s LinkNYC both promised to bring Internet connectivity to the masses. So why was the community response to both so different?

The Hacker Way Forward: How Facebook Can Fix ‘Free Basics’ in Two Simple Moves

Facebook wants to get…

India Shoots Down Facebook’s Free Basics Program

Facebook will need a Plan B in India.

Everything wrong with Free basics and Mark’s Op-ed

‘Free Basics’ will take away more than our right to the internet

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