Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams When Meta embedded AI bots in its apps, even students in the most remote corners of Colombia gained access. But rather than boosting learning, it’s getting in the way.

"Meta has a controversial agreement with telecommunications companies that restricts some users on cheaper data plans to using specific apps and sites including those from Meta."
Sounds like FreeBasics for internet access all over again.

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#AI #aiedtech #freebasics

This is true even with #NetNeutrality, of Facebook users: not unique to #FreeBasics: www.google.co.in/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content... #RightsCon https://x.com/Karolingva/status/847372241192996864

Yes, this piece recommends nationalisation of telecom infra as an alternative to #FreeBasics. People hv short memories #IGF2016 #ZeroRating https://x.com/DissentMag/status/806627854414991361

#ZeroRating #fbs #FreeBasics #NetNeutrality https://x.com/alison_gillwald/status/806193387434962944

Again, an article attacks #FreeBasics & #Facebook, treating them as one and the same. Also, doesn't consider neg free speech impact of ban. https://x.com/Info_Activism/status/794536347021217792

#FreeBasics #NetNeutrality #ZeroRating #Nigeria https://x.com/mwebafrica/status/730753492311244800

The inside story of Facebook’s biggest setback | Rahul Bhatia The Long Read: The social network had a grand plan to connect millions of Indians to the internet. Here’s how it all went wrong

.@rahulabhatia on how #Facebook screwed up so massively with #FreeBasics in India: www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/12/f...

#FreeBasics #NetNeutrality Facebook launches Free Basics simulator, I'm closed beta: www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/12/f...

#FreeBasics #NetNeutrality https://x.com/ElReg/status/720056348340260865

Just to be clear: Banning all #FreeBasics *without providing a "neutral" alternative* means no Internet for poor ppl https://x.com/M_Karanicolas/status/716054803093139456

#FreeBasics #FoE #censorship #NetNeutrality https://x.com/engadget/status/715923328477872128

#Facebook refused to allow #Egypt to spy on #FreeBasics users, leading to ban. Impacts lower class freedom of ass'n. http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0WY3JZ

#A2K #copyvios #copyright #wikipedia #FreeBasics https://x.com/wiretapped/status/713308695044730880

#a2k #jugaad #innovation #FreeBasics #wikipedia #copyvios https://x.com/claudio/status/712994287345131520

Why India snubbed Facebook's free Internet offer The social media giant wanted to give the people of India free access to a chunk of the Internet, but the people weren't interested.

Why Facebook's #FreeBasics was rejected in #India, quoting @sunil_abraham: www.cnet.com/news/why-india-doesnt-wa... #NetNeutrality

#FreeBasics #NetNeutrality #ZeroRating https://x.com/anishmohammed/status/698706309558988802

A piece on #FreeBasics as colonialism that's as weak as the coffee they serve you at Café Coffee Day. https://x.com/notacoda/status/698040175411068928

#Facebook should consider launching a search engine for low-bandwidth content as a replacement for #FreeBasics in India. #NetNeutrality

#NetNeutrality #ZeroRating #FreeBasics https://x.com/om/status/697114421433204736

Thanks #TRAI for standing with #NetNeutrality -- Bye bye #freebasics !!

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.

Mobile telecom cos are amazingly stupid: offering free stuff even when customers are willing to pay: www.buzzfeed.com/carolineodonovan/heres-h... #FreeBasics

There is very little research anyone has bothered to do on quality of #FreeBasics. No research on speed, QoS. https://x.com/SFLCin/status/689764410164817922

FCC's lawyer seemed to suggest that #FreeBasics would be okay in the USA: techliberation.com/2015/12/08/unexpected-an... #NetNeutrality

If a gov't bans #FreeBasics w/o providing universal free Internet, that'd be a 21st century example of "Let them eat cake". #NetNeutrality

The 1972 Bennett Coleman case is clear on this point. The govt can't restrict media arbitrarily. ToI is available through #FreeBasics.

#NetNeutrality #FreeBasics #ZeroRating #TRAI https://x.com/amitranjan/status/689477719709450241

#Facebook's counter-comments to #TRAI on #DifferentialPricing / #FreeBasics / #ZeroRating trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/Consultati... #NetNeutrality

I run a public XMPP server that is free for all to use. How do I offer it over #FreeBasics? I don't think I can. cc: @MikeatFacebook

Here's Reliance Communications' submission to #TRAI on #DifferentialPricing: trai.gov.in/Comments_Data/SP/Relianc... #ZeroRating #NetNeutrality #FreeBasics

Facebook spends around Rs300 crore on Free Basics ad campaign in India Facebook is estimated to have spent the maximum on print media, in the range of Rs180-200 crore

Estimated #Facebook ad spend on #FreeBasics in India is a whopping Rs.300 crore (US$45m)! www.livemint.com/Consumer/oMmTd2g4CkwErMN... via @arunesh__deep