SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — India's government has essentially banned a Facebook program that sought to connect with low-income residents by offering free access to a limited version of the social network ...

Facebook is struggling to make its Free Basics service — which allows people in 36 countries to access select websites for free — stick in its largest target market: India. Since it launched in the ...

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 ...

A new memoir by a former Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) executive reveals how Facebook’s massive campaign to promote Free Basics in India was ultimately undone by a single click. What Happened: In ...

Remember Free Basics? Facebook’s ambitious program to bring people to the internet for the first time. It has a new baby named Discover — an app that lets you visit any website with data limits.

The social network's Free Basics offering packages Internet services for regions where online access is limited. Officials in India wonder whether the service is fair. Jon Skillings is an editorial ...

Connecting to the Internet these days has become even more critical but it has also revealed just how wide the digital divide really is in many parts of the world. While many people do have phones, ...

India’s telecom regulator reprimanded Facebook Inc. for a letter-writing campaign urging approval of its Free Basics service, calling it an “orchestrated opinion poll.” The Telecom Regulatory ...