Questão 71442810-8b
Prova:CEDERJ 2019
Disciplina:Inglês
Assunto:Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

YouTube’s action to restrict content which promotes violence and/or hatred was to

Big Tech made the social media mess. It has to fix it

Analysis by David Goldman, CNN Business


Social media has given people a platform to spew hate speech and radical beliefs to other people, amplifying what are otherwise fringe opinions. A few have turned that hate into violence.

Silicon Valley has built the biggest, most powerful companies in the world. Now, tech leaders have a responsibility to rein in the creations that have grown too unwieldy for them to control.

These are businesses, and their leaders will have to And out how to do that without destroying their companies. So far, balancing Big Tech's responsibilities to society and its duties to investors has proven difficult.

A difficult balance

Facebook (FB) announced in July it would invest billions of dollars a year to improve safety and security on the platform. The company said the effort would come at the expense of user growth and profitability. The company's stock lost about a third of its value because investors were concerned about Facebook's growth stalling.

Twitter has largely rid ISIS recruiters from the social network. Facebook and YouTube have labeled fake news stories as such. Yet, the work isn't close to done. Google has also made significant changes to YouTube's advertising policies after ads from 300 companies and organizations ran on channels promoting hate groups.

"YouTube has strict policies that prohibit content which incites others to violence or promotes hatred," a YouTube spokesperson said. "We quickly remove videos violating our policies when flagged by our users."

What seemed to cross no one's mind a decade ago was the potential downside to building a platform with billions of customers. So many posts can't possibly be monitored in real time. The networks gave the dregs of society the ability to reach like-minded people and poison the minds of others.

Without that foresight, Silicon Valley allowed their creations to break down. They're not beyond repair, but fixing them will be costly and difficult. Whether Big Tech is up to the task will determine the fates of their platforms.

Available: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/29/tech/social-media- -hate-speech/index.html. Access: 30 may 2019. Adapted. 


Glossary: spew: lançar; fringe: periféricas; to rein in: controlar; unwieldy: desordenado; duties: deveres; profitability, lucro; stock: ação (no mercado); stalling: interrupção; flagged: sinalizados; dregs of society: pessoas inescrupulosas; like-minded: pessoas que compartilham ideias semelhantes; poison: envenenar; foresight: visão; beyond repair: sem conserto; up to the task: à altura da tarefa.

A
restrict their policies that prohibit content which incites others to violence.
B
incite their users to identify content which violate their policies.
C
remove videos which violate their policies when identified by their users.
D
impose a clear limit on the number of violent and hateful videos.

Gabarito comentado

Silvana FariaMestre em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA) e Professora de Inglês
A ação do YouTube para restringir conteúdo que promove violência e/ou ódio foi
A) restringir suas políticas que proíbem conteúdo que incita os outros à violência.
B) incitar seus usuários a identificar conteúdo que viole suas políticas.
C) remover vídeos que violam suas políticas quando identificados por seus usuários.
D) impor um limite claro no número de vídeos violentos e odiosos.
 "YouTube has strict policies that prohibit content which incites others to violence or promotes hatred," a YouTube spokesperson said. "We quickly remove videos violating our policies when flagged by our users.
Tradução: "O YouTube tem políticas rígidas que proíbem conteúdo que incita a violência ou promove o ódio", disse um porta-voz do YouTube. "Removemos rapidamente vídeos que violam suas políticas quando sinalizados por seus usuários."
Conforme excerto traduzido, podemos inferir que, para restringir conteúdo que promove violência e/ou/ ódio, o YouTube removeu rapidamente vídeos que violam suas políticas quando sinalizados por seus usuários.
Gabarito do Professor: C

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