I've been sent a copy of a new book, Basic Income, A Transformative Policy for India, by the publishers, Bloomsbury, to whom thanks. It's thoroughly wonkish and if you're interested in in the design ...

Facebook's plan to provide free internet to the developing world just hit another hurdle: The Indian regulator is ordering a temporary ban on the service, called Free Basics, reports The Times of ...

Last year, Facebook’s Internet.org found itself at the center of India’s net neutrality debate. Over 1 million people wrote to TRAI, the country’s Telecom and internet regulator, to share their ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Indian regulators have blocked Free Basics, a controversial Facebook service championed by chief executive Mark Zuckerberg that gave people free but limited access to the Internet on ...

In a Times of India op-ed, the Facebook founder debunked what he called false claims about the free Web service. UPDATE (12/31): Egypt on Wednesday became the latest country to shut down Facebook's ...

Facebook’s Free Basics only went live across the whole of India last month, but it looks like the company is already concerned that it may be under threat as the Indian telecoms watchdog gears up for ...

Facebook has withdrawn Free Basics from India, days after the country’s telecommunications regulator prohibited the differential pricing of data depending on the content or application that is being ...

On Monday, the man leading India’s main opposition announced that his party would guarantee every poor person in India a minimum income if it wins elections scheduled for this spring. Rahul Gandhi’s ...

Free Basics, a service by Facebook initiative Internet.org, is having a rough week in India. First, an email campaign by the social media network was criticized for being heavy-handed and misleading.