Question

Which quotations from the excerpt provide evidence to support the claim that governments have responded to criticism delivered through social media? Select three options.
“Security forces arrested three people who administered nearly two dozen Fa**book pages.”
“It [Egypt] also detained activists who had been involved in prior protests.”

“Fa**book’s Free Basics service . . . had offered free Internet services to Egyptians on mobile phones.”

“More than 3 million people had signed up for the program in just two months.”

“Meanwhile Turkey has made 805 requests for tweets to be removed since 2012.”

Answer 1

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Read the article Social Media Made the Arab Spring, But Couldn't Save It, by JESSI HEMPE.  

Which quotations from the excerpt provide evidence to support the claim that governments have responded to criticism delivered through social media? Select three options.

“Security forces arrested three people who administered nearly two dozen Fa**book pages.”

“It [Egypt] also detained activists who had been involved in prior protests.”

“Fa**book’s Free Basics service . . . had offered free Internet services to Egyptians on mobile phones.”

“More than 3 million people had signed up for the program in just two months.”

“Meanwhile Turkey has made 805 requests for tweets to be removed since 2012.”

Answer:

“Security forces arrested three people who administered nearly two dozen Fa**book pages.”

“Fa**book’s Free Basics service . . . had offered free Internet services to Egyptians on mobile phones.”

“Meanwhile Turkey has made 805 requests for tweets to be removed since 2012.”

Explanation:

The article addresses how the governments troubled by the Arab Spring, organized through social media sites, have shut down digital channels in the following years.  

Egypt arrested administrators of Fa**book pages and shut down Fa**book’s Free Basics service, while Turkey had requested the removal of tweets considered as a threat against the government.

Answer 2

Answer:

“Security forces arrested three people who administered nearly two dozen Fa**book pages.”

Explanation:

The above sentence shows a situation where the government of a country has imposed itself in response to criticisms made by social media.

Although criticism of governments is a form of freedom of expression, some countries are governed by leaders who do not respect this type of freedom, making it prohibited to criticize government guidelines on any social media whatsoever.

The above phase shows how he responded to these criticisms by arresting people who led pages on social networks that were contrary to the governmental forms established in the country.