Facebook is the Internet. For some.

“Awareness of the Internet in developing countries is very limited. In fact, for many users, Facebook is the internet, as it’s often the only accessible application.”

More here (via @cdixon) with this graph.

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And also this from Wikipedia :

Internet services like Facebook, Wikipedia and Google have built special programs to use zero-rating as means to provide their service more broadly into developing markets.

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