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Internet.org project helps restore millions of broken Wikipedia links

The web it turns out is a fragile place. Companies, governments, educational institutions, individuals and organizations put up and take down sites all the time. The problem is that the web has become a system of record, and when links don’t work because pages no longer exist, the record is incomplete. With the help of volunteers from Internet.org, Wikipedia has been able to recover 9 million…

Facebook merges internet projects under ‘Connectivity’

Facebook has introduced Connectivity, a new umbrella organization containing the company’s various internet-for-all projects. Yes, it still includes Internet.org (rebranded as Free Basics), the social network’s stripped-down web service launched five years ago that was soundly criticized by experts and blocked in several countries. But it also rounds up other efforts to improve internet…

Facebook’s Internet.org has connected almost 100M to the “Internet”

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Facebook is getting the developing world online, even as the developed world criticizes its privacy practices. Mark Zuckerberg said today on Facebook’s Q1 2018 earnings call that “our Internet.org efforts have helped almost 100 million peopel get access to the internet who may not have had it otherwise”. That’s up from 40 million in November 2016.

Internet.org uses its Free Basics app…

Facebook’s Internet.org has connected almost 100M to the “Internet” – TechCrunch

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Facebook is getting the developing world online, even as the developed world criticizes its privacy practices. Mark Zuckerberg said today on Facebook’s Q1 2018 earnings call that “our Internet.org efforts have helped almost 100 million peopel get access to the internet who may not have had it otherwise”. That’s up from 40 million in November 2016.

Internet.org uses its Free Basics app…

Мобильное приложение free Basics, запущенное в рамках проекта Internet.org Facebook, теперь доступно всем жителям Индии. Об этом объявил глава компании Марк Цукерберг (Mark Zuckerberg) на своей странице в социальной сети. На сегодня Free Basics предлагает более 60 сервисов, включая информационные и образовательные ресурсы. Все они – бесплатны для пользователей. Изначально, приложение работало лишь на территории 6 из 29 штатов в Индии. Теперь все индийцы смо читать полностью

MPF defende submissão do Internet.org às autoridades competentes

Restrição imposta por aplicativo do Facebook impediria livre acesso à informação  O Ministério Público Federal (MPF) emitiu, nessa quarta-feira, 11 de novembro, nota técnica defendendo que o projeto Internet.org, de autoria do Facebook, não está adequado ao cumprimento das atividades legais por estar em desacordo com o princípio de neutralidade da rede. Na avaliação do MPF, antes de ser…

WATCH: How did a Pinay from an island in the Philippines earn her degree through Facebook’s Internet.org?

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has uploaded a video of young Filipina sharing how her life changed from collecting seashells to becoming the first person in their family to earn a college degree.

The Filipina, Riza, used the Internet.org app to work with her groupmates on their thesis despite being unable to meet up with them in person because of a typhoon.

The video has gone viral, gaining…