| Facebook is talking to regulators and carriers to bring controversial "Free Basics" program to U.S. |
| Facebook has been in talks with U.S. government officials and wireless carriers to launch an American version of an app that has caused controversy abroad, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The U.S. version of Free Basics gives low-income and rural Americans who cannot afford reliable, high-speed Internet free access to online resources such as news, health information and job leads. But the program triggered controversy in India. Critics there said the program disadvantaged companies and nonprofit groups that were left out of the program and gave Facebook massive control over what people saw on the Internet. |
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