Facebook's "Free Basics" and Implications for Development: IT Identity and Social Capital

Yim, Moonjung; Gómez, Ricardo; Carter, Michelle S.

doi:10.24251/hicss.2017.313

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“…Facebook founded the Internet.org organization [3] with Free Basics service in collaboration with cell phone service suppliers in several developing nations [4] [5]. The concept of the Digital Divide [6] and Internet.org sets a goal for customers of 3G or 4G networks to be able to access many web benefits on their cell phone programs without subscribing to paid internet service.…”

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Penetration Test for the 3G Internet Service Provider and Free Basics Service by Facebook

Zaki¹

2021

Int. J. Interact. Mob. Technol.

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<p>The number of devices connected to the Internet using mobile devices is increasing every day. Charge for mobile data over 3G and 4G networks is high in some countries which pushes users to browse the Internet through text-only service. Facebook proposed free basics service which allows users to browse Facebook for free but without showing images. This research formats the images on web pages in a method that makes images transferred over text-only networks. This allows users with low income or slow connections to surf text service over the internet with images supported. The main objective is to test the free basic service by Facebook and Internet Service Provider over 3G networks additionally proposing an image format for text-only networks. The proposed algorithm converts .png and .jpg images and post them on the Facebook page. The results from the Facebook page show images can be seen over 3G networks with free mode enabled.</p>

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Penetration Test for the 3G Internet Service Provider and Free Basics Service by Facebook

Zaki¹

2021

Int. J. Interact. Mob. Technol.

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Digitalisation in the Workplace: The Role of Technology on Employee Engagement and Creativity Teams

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Koekemoer

2021

Agile Coping in the Digital Workplace

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How does IT identity affect individuals’ use behaviors associated with personal health devices (PHDs)? An empirical study

Esmaeilzadeh

2021

Information & Management

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Facebook's "Free Basics" and Implications for Development: IT Identity and Social Capital

Abstract: Facebook's Free Basics has been controversial among researchers in the fields of information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) and community informatics (CI

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

Penetration Test for the 3G Internet Service Provider and Free Basics Service by Facebook

Penetration Test for the 3G Internet Service Provider and Free Basics Service by Facebook

Digitalisation in the Workplace: The Role of Technology on Employee Engagement and Creativity Teams

How does IT identity affect individuals’ use behaviors associated with personal health devices (PHDs)? An empirical study

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