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Here's Why Some People Are Furious About Facebook's Indian Flag Profile Photos

Update: “This product in no way connects to or registers support for Internet.org,” a Facebook spokesperson told BuzzFeed India. Facebook.com Facebook.com Facebook even rolled out a feature which...

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A Redditor Made Some Hilarious Honest Ads For Facebook's Free Basics

“Join your ignorant friends by showing support for what is misleadingly called a ‘Digital India’.” Twitter: @reifman The Times of India View Entire List ›

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India's Telecom Authorities Just Called Mark Zuckerberg's Bluff About Free...

TRAI Chairman R.S. Sharma said that Free Basics will not help reduce the digital divide in India like Zuckerberg’s been promising. Over the past few weeks, Facebook has been running a massive campaign...

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Facebook Has Launched A "Save Free Basics" Campaign And A Lot Of People Are...

“This is not about net neutrality anymore. It is about a single, gigantic, unaccountable platform that wants to deliver it all to you.” If you logged into Facebook in India today, you might have seen...

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How Facebook's Free Basics Might Make The Internet Exactly Like Bad Parents

It looks scarier than ever before. Still having trouble understanding net neutrality? Or have a friend who just doesn't get it? SnG Comedy has simplified it for ya. Many YouTube stars and collectives,...

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Indians Are Pissed Off At This Facebook Director's Tweets About Free Basics...

“Anti-colonialism has been economically catastrophic for the Indian people for decades. Why stop now?” During a conversation about the TRAI rejecting Free Basics, venture capitalist and member of...

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This One Glorious GIF Perfectly Sums Up How TRAI Ditched Free Basics In India

Thank you, internet. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 reddit.com

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Facebook's Free Basics Shuts Down In Egypt, Continuing Troubled Run

A bad stretch for the social giant's initiative gets worse. View Entire Post ›

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Facebook's Big Idea For The Internet Is Stalling In Egypt

Only two months after it launched, one of Facebook's flagship programs for free internet was abruptly canceled. Egyptian officials say was a licensing issue, but others say it was part of a widening...

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Brutal Letter To Facebook Shows Indian Regulators Are Fed Up

"Equally of concern is your self-appointed spokesmanship . . ." View Entire Post ›

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How Facebook Stumbled On Its Quest to Give Internet Away For Free

A history of Facebook's highly controversial, completely audacious, and possibly best-intentioned program, Free Basics. View Entire Post ›

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The Most Astonishing Stories You Need To Read This Week

This week for BuzzFeed News, Anita Badejo unpacks the complexities of reporting sexual assaults at historically black colleges. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web....

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Here’s How Free Basics Is Actually Being Sold Around The World

BuzzFeed News takes a look at how and why Facebook’s "Free Basics" offering is being used by cell phone owners around the globe. View Entire Post ›

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India Just Banned Facebook's Controversial Free Internet Plan

“Who could possibly be against this?” Zuckerberg asked. View Entire Post ›

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Facebook's Plan B To Bring Millions Of Indians Online Just Went Live

Facebook's Express WiFi, which lets rural Indians access the entire internet for a small fee, comes nearly a year after its controversial program Free Basics was banned in the country. View Entire Post ›

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India Just Backed Net Neutrality

Under the new rules, India's internet service providers will no longer be able to carve up the internet into slow and fast lanes, and discriminating against any content on the internet will also be...

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