Francesco GiacominiConnectivity with Strings Attached: The Hidden Cost of Free Internet in African Countries.ABSTRACT: This paper focuses on Free Basics, a Facebook-developed mobile app that provides “free” Internet access to many African…Feb 28, 2021
Folabo Kay Akin AdewaleinGeneration Y‘Up NEPA!!’ : But wait, how is this light produced?.There is a reason electricity is called power, because its powerful (lol, dry joke, i know, i know). On a serious note though, electricity…Mar 7, 20172
Ikpeme NetoDelivering Self Breast Check Reminders via Free Basics in NigeriaOver the last 2 years, we’ve offered free SMS self-breast examination reminders to women in Nigeria. To sign up, women visit the webpage…Oct 15, 2018Oct 15, 2018
Kush FanikisoFree Basics and the age of digital colonialismFacebook’s Free Basics platform is the continued reach of Western colonial benevolence on the developing worldSep 24, 2017Sep 24, 2017
Ikpeme NetoDelivering Self Breast Check Reminders via Free Basics in NigeriaOver the last 2 years, we’ve offered free SMS self breast examination reminders to women in Nigeria. To sign up, women visit the webpage…May 10, 2018May 10, 2018
Francesco GiacominiConnectivity with Strings Attached: The Hidden Cost of Free Internet in African Countries.ABSTRACT: This paper focuses on Free Basics, a Facebook-developed mobile app that provides “free” Internet access to many African…Feb 28, 2021
Folabo Kay Akin AdewaleinGeneration Y‘Up NEPA!!’ : But wait, how is this light produced?.There is a reason electricity is called power, because its powerful (lol, dry joke, i know, i know). On a serious note though, electricity…Mar 7, 20172
Ikpeme NetoDelivering Self Breast Check Reminders via Free Basics in NigeriaOver the last 2 years, we’ve offered free SMS self-breast examination reminders to women in Nigeria. To sign up, women visit the webpage…Oct 15, 2018
Kush FanikisoFree Basics and the age of digital colonialismFacebook’s Free Basics platform is the continued reach of Western colonial benevolence on the developing worldSep 24, 2017
Ikpeme NetoDelivering Self Breast Check Reminders via Free Basics in NigeriaOver the last 2 years, we’ve offered free SMS self breast examination reminders to women in Nigeria. To sign up, women visit the webpage…May 10, 2018
HrishikeshInternet.org or Free Basics is not bad. But what follows is TERRIBLE“Internet.org” or “Free Basics” as it being called in India is a effort to get free (restricted) internet access to the masses who can’t…Dec 27, 20152
ghaidaahreibyinJSC 224 class blogFacebook’s Next two billion planFacebook, a social media empire with two billion users, has launched a free internet initiative known as “FREE BASICS”. According to Global…Apr 3, 2018
Manish SinghWikipedia Zero, Which Provided Over 800 Million Users in 72 Countries With Access to Wikipedia at…In an unexpected development, the Wikimedia Foundation announced on Friday that it is discontinuing Wikipedia Zero, a six-year-old program…Feb 18, 20183