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The Problem With Facebook's Free Basics

  • Om, Monday, February 15, 2016 2:51 PM
Om Malik thinks Facebook has been disingenuous in its positioning of Internet.org, a.k.a., Free Basics. “Facebook Free Basics isn’t a charity,” he notes. “People will pay for it with their data … It is a way for Facebook to gather more attention and sell services and advertising to those who get Facebook’s Free Basics.”

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