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 point
   
<https://medium.com/@mcandrew/the-hacker-way-forward-how-facebook-can-fix-free-basics-in-two-simple-moves-86392758058#.x72zxjmed>s
   by Andrew McLaughlin on Medium [1]
   - QZ article summarizing why India blocked Free Basics
   
<http://qz.com/612159/why-trai-backed-net-neutrality-and-killed-facebooks-free-basics-in-india/>
   [2]
   - Wikimedia blog post about Wikipedia Zero in 2014
   
<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/08/01/wikipedia-zero-and-net-neutrality-protecting-the-internet/>
   [3]
   - Resolving the Free Basics Paradox
   <https://manypossibilities.net/2016/02/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/
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