Responding to the fact that a majority of the world's population lives areas where mobile Internet access is unaffordable, Facebook launched its “Free Basics” program, in collaboration with local ...

Facebook's polarizing and somewhat controversial billion-dollar free Internet project, Internet.org, is today seeing some pretty big changes. The two-year-old project to bring Internet access to four ...

After a barrage of criticism targeted at the Facebook-led Internet.org initiative, the company announced today that it will now allow the use of encrypted services without charging data fees. Facebook ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes 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 ...

You may not know this, but Facebook has an app called Free Basics. It essentially allows users to access certain websites for free such as Facebook, job listings, and medical websites. It’s already ...