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– Can Facebook connect the next billion? (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News July 28, 2017

How well does Facebook's mobile app "Free Basics" serve local interests and needs? In spring 2017, a group of Global Voices tech and digital rights experts set out to answer this question.
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