Facebook says 40 million people are now using Internet.org

Facebook’s Internet.org may not have had the smoothest of rides, but the initiative is slowly gaining traction. SEE ALSO: After banning Facebook's Free Basics, India reopens the net neutrality debate During Facebook's Q3 earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Internet.org (more popularly known as Free Basics) is now used by 40 million people, or 0.5 percent of the world’s population. This is up from 15 million users Internet.org had as of October 2015.  Through Internet.org, Fa