{"id":178530,"date":"2016-01-02T16:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-02T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=178530"},"modified":"2016-01-02T16:00:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-02T16:00:03","slug":"facebook-disappointed-by-shutdown-of-free-internet-service-in-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/facebook-disappointed-by-shutdown-of-free-internet-service-in-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook ‘disappointed’ by shutdown of free internet service in Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook says a programme that had been giving free basic internet services to more than 3 million Egyptians has been shut down.<\/p>\n

In a statement to the Associated Press on Wednesday, Facebook says it is \u201cdisappointed\u201d by the shutdown and hopes to \u201cresolve this situation soon\u201d so the programme can be restored.<\/p>\n

It says the service, which will no longer be available as of Wednesday 30 December, provided internet access without data charges to more than a million people who were not previously connected.<\/p>\n

The programme, launched with Etisalat Egypt, had been in place for some two months and was recently highlighted at an entrepreneurship fair in Cairo. It was not immediately clear why the program had been halted.<\/p>\n

Neither Etisalat nor Egyptian officials could immediately be reached for comment.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Facebook says a programme that had been giving free basic internet services to more than 3 million Egyptians has been shut down. In a statement to the Associated Press on Wednesday, Facebook says it is \u201cdisappointed\u201d by the shutdown and hopes to \u201cresolve this situation soon\u201d so the programme can be restored. It says the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[106],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nFacebook 'disappointed' by shutdown of free internet service in Egypt - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/facebook-disappointed-by-shutdown-of-free-internet-service-in-egypt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Facebook 'disappointed' by shutdown of free internet service in Egypt - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Facebook says a programme that had been giving free basic internet services to more than 3 million Egyptians has been shut down. In a statement to the Associated Press on Wednesday, Facebook says it is \u201cdisappointed\u201d by the shutdown and hopes to \u201cresolve this situation soon\u201d so the programme can be restored. It says the […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/facebook-disappointed-by-shutdown-of-free-internet-service-in-egypt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-01-02T16:00:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Facebook.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/facebook-disappointed-by-shutdown-of-free-internet-service-in-egypt\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/facebook-disappointed-by-shutdown-of-free-internet-service-in-egypt\/\",\"name\":\"Facebook 'disappointed' by shutdown of free internet service in Egypt - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-02T16:00:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-01-02T16:00:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/facebook-disappointed-by-shutdown-of-free-internet-service-in-egypt\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/facebook-disappointed-by-shutdown-of-free-internet-service-in-egypt\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/facebook-disappointed-by-shutdown-of-free-internet-service-in-egypt\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Facebook ‘disappointed’ by shutdown of free internet service in Egypt\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\",\"name\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Facebook 'disappointed' by shutdown of free internet service in Egypt - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/facebook-disappointed-by-shutdown-of-free-internet-service-in-egypt\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Facebook 'disappointed' by shutdown of free internet service in Egypt - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"Facebook says a programme that had been giving free basic internet services to more than 3 million Egyptians has been shut down. In a statement to the Associated Press on Wednesday, Facebook says it is \u201cdisappointed\u201d by the shutdown and hopes to \u201cresolve this situation soon\u201d so the programme can be restored. It says the […]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/facebook-disappointed-by-shutdown-of-free-internet-service-in-egypt\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2016-01-02T16:00:03+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Facebook.jpg"}],"author":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/facebook-disappointed-by-shutdown-of-free-internet-service-in-egypt\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/facebook-disappointed-by-shutdown-of-free-internet-service-in-egypt\/","name":"Facebook 'disappointed' by shutdown of free internet service in Egypt - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-01-02T16:00:03+00:00","dateModified":"2016-01-02T16:00:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/facebook-disappointed-by-shutdown-of-free-internet-service-in-egypt\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/facebook-disappointed-by-shutdown-of-free-internet-service-in-egypt\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/facebook-disappointed-by-shutdown-of-free-internet-service-in-egypt\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Facebook ‘disappointed’ by shutdown of free internet service in Egypt"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1","name":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kojo Akoto Boateng"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}