Sentences with phrase «free basics initiative»

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The request created an opening for Zuckerberg to reference his Free Basics internet initiative, turning the session into an unexpected marketing opportunity.

Our initiative seeks to pair one veteran with a single novice to provide a 1 - on - 1 hunting and learning environment; a place where basic skills and proficiency can be acquired, developed, and honed, questions may be asked free of judgment, and both equipment and friendships will be crafted.

Thanks to a recent and enlightened government «Education for All» initiative, basic primary tuition is free.

Our initiative seeks to pair one veteran with a single novice to provide a 1 - on - 1 hunting and learning environment; a place where basic skills and proficiency can be acquired, developed, and honed, questions may be asked free of judgment, and both equipment and friendships will be crafted.

The activists for Net Neutrality aggressively ganged up against Facebook's free basic internet initiative, arguing that it may steer fresh users of the Internet in India toward a vision of the Web, which will be a Facebook - centric one.

The biggest Indian entrepreneurs are not at all willing to back the initiative, which is the main reason government chose to place Free basics on hold.

Free basics in India, is a part of social media giant's initiative Internet.org to introduce underprivileged citizens online, who are based in developing countries like India.

India's top regulatory body has urged their local partner to put free basics on hold by suspending the initiative for a certain time being.

One of the most striking examples of the global power of the new generation of internet companies is their ability (and willingness) to use smaller and developing countries as testing grounds for their new products — in particular, for initiatives they couldn't get away with in the U.S.. For years, Facebook has tried to violate the principle of net neutrality by striking deals to make Facebook not count against mobile data caps (in India, Facebook's Free Basics program was met with heavy criticism).

Facebook says that Free Basics, part of the social media company's Internet.org initiative, is designed to bring the information available on the internet including news, maternal health, local jobs, and local government to areas that are underserved.