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by arodyginc 1792 days ago
In which countries FB is the only Internet?
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SavantIdiot 1792 days ago
https://qz.com/333313/milliions-of-facebook-users-have-no-id...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/01/facebook-free-...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/27/facebook-...

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djoo 1792 days ago
In some African countries, Facebook is free via Mobile Data (also Wikipedia).

Therefore, it becomes the "only" Internet.

They even have cases of piracy movies being shared/available within theses sites.

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zekrioca 1792 days ago
This is so prevalent that there are many study groups on facebook just because of that: it is the only place they can "freely" exchange ideas, and voluntaries from other countries (without these limitations) help by copying and pasting info and documents so others can 'freely' download it.
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axaxs 1792 days ago
There are a ton. It's weird, because they use FB differently than a lot of people. It really is the 'internet'. Pirated movies and all.
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