Facebook Zero: A Fast, Free, Global, And Mobile Version Of Facebook

Yesterday afternoon Facebook announced that the company is releasing a new mobile version of the site that enables free access to Facebook, even in countries where access would require data charges. It’s a major push by Facebook to expand what is already one of the fastest growing areas of their site: mobile access. 0.facebook.com is an imageless version of the site that will enable users to connect to Facebook from around the globe.

As Facebook highlights in yesterday’s blog post, 0.facebook.com