Hi All,

Next week at the Change Seminar we will be having a discussion about Free Basics, Zero Rating, and Internet Connectivity. The seminar will start with a few videos and background by I wanted to send out a few more links that people could read to be more familiar with topic.

When: 12pm on Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Where: The Allen Center, CSE 203

Some background on Free Basics:

Great summary of different points by Andrew McLaughlin on Medium [1]
QZ article summarizing why India blocked Free Basics [2]
Wikimedia blog post about Wikipedia Zero in 2014 [3]
Resolving the Free Basics Paradox by Steve Song [4]

- Trevor

[1] https://medium.com/@mcandrew/the-hacker-way-forward-how-facebook-can-fix-free-basics-in-two-simple-moves-86392758058#.x72zxjmed

[2] http://qz.com/612159/why-trai-backed-net-neutrality-and-killed-facebooks-free-basics-in-india/

[3] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/08/01/wikipedia-zero-and-net-neutrality-protecting-the-internet/

[4] https://manypossibilities.net/2016/02/resolving-the-free-basics-paradox/