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Facebook Wants to Build 11,000 Drones to Bring Internet to Africa

04
Mar
2014

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Nope — it’s a Facebook drone. The social media site reportedly wants to use drones to bring Internet connection to the two thirds of the world that still lack connectivity, starting with parts of Africa. The initiative is part of the internet.org project, which Facebook backs. To do so, Facebook could have bought some individual drones.

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