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Pre-reading questions:
- How can the internet help you learn English? Explain your answer.
- What do you think is the best thing about the internet? Why?
Vocabulary:
- protection /pruh-TEK-shuhn/
[noun] the act of keeping someone or something safe from injury, damage, or loss
Our country needs protection from the terrorists.
- adopt /uh-DOPT/
[verb] to accept or start to use something new
We need to adopt more strategic ways to improve the economy from other countries.
- harmful /HAHRM-fuhl/
[adjective] causing harm
Early use of mobile phones is harmful to children.
- significant /sig-NIF-i-kuhnt/
[adjective] important, large, or great, especially in leading to a different result or to an important change
Voters make significant roles in changing the country by voting for the right candidates.
- govern /GUHV-ern/
[verb] to control and direct the public business of a country, city, a group of people, etc.
This president needs a lot of support to govern the country.
Facebook’s chief Mark Zuckerberg calls for the government’s ‘active role’ in regulating the internet. To protect people from harm, he argues the needs of new regulations of these four areas: harmful content, protection of elections, privacy, and data portability. Zuckerberg said that he would support more countries that adopt rules in line with the European union’s sweeping General Data Protection Regulation. He believes that it would be good for the internet if many countries adopted GDPR as a common framework.
Zuckerburg said that there should be an agreed standard of what is considered harmful content. A report also says that Facebook has already made significant changes in political ads. Advertisers from different countries must confirm their identities before buying political ads. He stated that the rules governing the internet give the generation of entrepreneurs to build services that changed the world and created a lot of value in people’s lives. “It is now time to update the rules to define clear responsibilities for people, companies, and governments going forward”, the Facebook chief added.
Comprehension Questions:
- What are the four areas that Mark Zuckerberg think needed new regulations?
- In the article, what would Zuckerburg do to the countries that would adopt GDPR?
- According to Mark Zuckerburg, what should many countries do that would be good for the internet?
- What changes has Facebook already made around political ads?
- Who did Zuckerberg call upon for more active roles in regulating the internet?
Discussion Questions:
- Do you agree that the government should regulate the internet? Please explain your answer.
- How can the internet become harmful to people? Explain your answer.
- What are the advantages and disadvantages you can see if the government updated the rules for the internet? Please explain your answer.
- Who do you think will benefit the most if those changes will be implemented and why?
- In your opinion, what are people’s responsibility when using the internet?
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[noun] the act of keeping someone or something safe from injury, damage, or loss
Our country needs protection from the terrorists.
[verb] to accept or start to use something new
We need to adopt more strategic ways to improve the economy from other countries.
[adjective] causing harm
Early use of mobile phones is harmful to children.
[adjective] important, large, or great, especially in leading to a different result or to an important change
Voters make significant roles in changing the country by voting for the right candidates.
[verb] to control and direct the public business of a country, city, a group of people, etc.
This president needs a lot of support to govern the country.
Zuckerburg said that there should be an agreed standard of what is considered harmful content. A report also says that Facebook has already made significant changes in political ads. Advertisers from different countries must confirm their identities before buying political ads. He stated that the rules governing the internet give the generation of entrepreneurs to build services that changed the world and created a lot of value in people’s lives. “It is now time to update the rules to define clear responsibilities for people, companies, and governments going forward”, the Facebook chief added.