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Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram on the rise after Meta ends fact-checking | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Thats what internet.org was about, fb partnered with major telecoms in many countries with no net neutrality laws to let people use fb for free and a few other websites but except for wikipedia most were pretty much useless.

[–] irreticent 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Internet.org redirects to https://about.meta.com/ just FYI.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Probably because you're accessing it from a country where its not available. free.facebook.com is also another link that only works in countries their internet.org is available in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I think that just further proves how bad it is, with both links. I wasn't aware it was so expansive.