Hi all, Just wanted to share some new research published by Global Voices, a citizen media network I’m a part of. A team of researchers from six countries (Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan and the Philippines) ran tests and evaluated Facebook’s Free Basics app against a set of usability and open internet benchmarks. The report is available here: https://advox.globalvoices.org/2017/07/27/can-facebook-connect-the-next-bill... The Guardian also just published a piece on it here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/27/facebook-free-basics-deve... The team is really hoping that other researchers in the internet policy space will use this as a starting point for doing deeper research on Free Basics and other zero-rating projects - and they've made an archive of materials from their research available for others to dig in to. If anyone is interested or already doing related work, let me know and I’ll be happy to connect you! Best, Sarah -- *Sarah Myers West* Doctoral Candidate Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism University of Southern California E-mail: sarahmye@usc.edu Twitter: @sarahbmyers