Facebook launches free Internet in Malawi

We all like free things, but Facebook’s Internet.org has recently been under scrutiny for reportedly breaching net neutrality laws in countries like India. In collaboration with Airtel Malawi, Facebook is spreading its initiative, which brings free basic web access to developing countries in Africa. Other big companies behind this initiative in Malawi include Nokia, Samsung and Qualcomm. According to Mark Zuckerberg’s in a Facebook post , the company plans to expand, its Internet.org and is now available to over 1 billion people around the globe.

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We just launched Internet.org in Malawi, giving people on the TNM and Airtel Malawi networks access to free basic…

Posted by Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday, May 13, 2015

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