Tag: Free Basics
Why We Need Universal Basic Internet Now
In 2015, Facebook launched its Free Basics app offering a limited suite of Internet services for free in partnership with mobile network operators (MNOs) around the world. This provoked widespread debate on whether Free Basics violated network neutrality principles that...
Resolving the Free Basics Paradox
Today the Indian communication regulator announced that it would forbid the provision of differential pricing for data services on the basis of content. This decision effectively bans Facebook’s Free Basics initiative which offers access to Facebook and a suite of other content...