Stop calling it &quot;<i>free internet</i>&quot;. That&#x27;s absolutely not what Facebook is offering.<p>&gt; Do you think donating some money to farmers is going to help in any way? The government has been doing that for a long time (through subsidies and minimum purchase prices)<p>You&#x27;re talking about two different things. Subsidies are different than unconditional cash transfers, the latter of which there has been recent promising research on:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Unconditional_cash_transfer" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Unconditional_cash_transfer</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.princeton.edu&#x2F;~joha&#x2F;publications&#x2F;Haushofer_Shapiro_Policy_Brief_2013.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.princeton.edu&#x2F;~joha&#x2F;publications&#x2F;Haushofer_Shapi...</a>