I continue to be puzzled by this campaign against Facebook's Free Basics idea in India. I do in fact understand what the opponents of the idea are saying, they wish to preserve net neutrality. Enough ...

I've been sent a copy of a new book, Basic Income, A Transformative Policy for India, by the publishers, Bloomsbury, to whom thanks. It's thoroughly wonkish and if you're interested in in the design ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Indian regulators have blocked Free Basics, a controversial Facebook service championed by chief executive Mark Zuckerberg that gave people free but limited access to the Internet on ...

Last year, Facebook’s Internet.org found itself at the center of India’s net neutrality debate. Over 1 million people wrote to TRAI, the country’s Telecom and internet regulator, to share their ...

In 2015, Facebook announced with some fanfare the rollout of its “Free Basics” service in India. 1 Partnering with the wireless telecom Reliance, customers that downloaded the Free Basics app onto ...

In a sort of anti-climax, Facebook India has announced the scrapping of the controversial Free Basics project in the country in wake of the decision by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) ...

In a Times of India op-ed, the Facebook founder debunked what he called false claims about the free Web service. UPDATE (12/31): Egypt on Wednesday became the latest country to shut down Facebook's ...

India has blocked Free Basics, Facebook's plan to provide free internet access in the developing world. The service lets users access certain sites for free — but not the entire internet. This sparked ...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India made a wise decision by banning Facebook’s Free Basics internet service. The project was ill-conceived and showed a lack of understanding of India’s culture ...

On Monday, the man leading India’s main opposition announced that his party would guarantee every poor person in India a minimum income if it wins elections scheduled for this spring. Rahul Gandhi’s ...