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World Wide Web: 1. TRUE / FALSE: Read The Headline. Guess If 1-8 Below Are True (T) or False (F)

The creator of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, outlined three main concerns about how the internet is being misused in a recent letter. The problems are the spread of fake news, misuse of political advertising, and misuse of personal data by governments. Berners-Lee wants to implement strategies over five years to address issues like restoring data privacy for users and reducing misinformation. He called on all internet users to help address the complex problems facing the internet.

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World Wide Web: 1. TRUE / FALSE: Read The Headline. Guess If 1-8 Below Are True (T) or False (F)

The creator of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, outlined three main concerns about how the internet is being misused in a recent letter. The problems are the spread of fake news, misuse of political advertising, and misuse of personal data by governments. Berners-Lee wants to implement strategies over five years to address issues like restoring data privacy for users and reducing misinformation. He called on all internet users to help address the complex problems facing the internet.

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World Wide Web

The man who created the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has warned of
the dangers of the Internet. He described his three main worries about how the Internet
is being misused. The first problem is fake news. He said websites and companies are
creating fake news just to make money, or to try and change people's political opinions.
He said the danger is that fake news "spreads like wildfire". The second problem is
political advertising. He said adverts are used in "unethical ways" to stop voters from
voting or to make them click on fake news stories. His final concern is the misuse of
personal data by governments. He said people are killed in some countries because of
the websites they visit
Berners-Lee invented the web in 1989. He said that it had "lived up to [his]
vision" in many ways. He said: "I imagined the web as an open platform that would
allow everyone, everywhere to share information, access opportunities and collaborate
across geographic and cultural boundaries." His letter outlined a five-year strategy to
keep his vision alive. He said there were complex problems, and that the solutions
would not be simple. He wants to put, "a fair level of data control back in the hands of
people". He also wants to stop governments from looking at our online data, which he
said creates a "chilling effect on free speech". And he wants to fight against fake news
and misinformation. He called on all Internet users to help.

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F)

1. The man who created the World Wide Web wrote about five dangers.     T / F
2. The first problem the man mentioned was cyber-bullying.     T / F
3. The man said fake news stories spread like wildfire.     T / F
4. The last danger he mentioned was misuse of personal data.     T / F
5. The man said the Internet had lived up to his vision.     T / F
6. He outlined a 10-year plan to free the Internet of dangers.     T / F
7. The man said the solutions to the problems were simple.     T / F
8. The man asked everyone who used the Internet to help.     T / F
SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1. dangers a. answers
2. fake b. risks
3. opinions c. dishonest
4. unethical d. satisfied
5. concern e. work together
6. lived up to f. beliefs
7. allow g. scary
8. collaborate h. hoax
9. solutions i. let
10. chilling j. worry

PHRASE MATCH: (Sometime more than one choice is possible.)

1. warned of the dangers a. to share information


2. worries about how the Internet b. opinions
3. try and change people's political c. ways
4. fake news spreads like d. up to his vision
5. adverts are used in unethical e. is being misused
6. He said that it had lived f. hands of people
7. allow everyone, everywhere g. effect on free speech
8. complex h. of the Internet
9. control back in the i. wildfire
10. creates a chilling j. problems

LISTENING: Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)  He described his three main worries about how the Internet is ______
     a.  being miss use
     b.  being misused
     c.  being missed use
     d.  being miscued
2)  creating fake news just to make money, or to try and change people's ______
     a.  politically opinions
     b.  political opens
     c.  politically opens
     d.  political opinions

3) He said the danger is that fake news "spreads ______". 


     a.  likes wild fare
     b.  liking wildly fire
     c.  like wild fryer
     d.  like wildfire

4) used in "unethical ways" to stop voters from voting or to make them click ______"
     a.  on fakes news
     b.  in fake news
     c.  on fake news
     d.  at fakes news

5)  people are killed in some countries because of the websites ______
     a.  they visiting
     b.  they visit
     c.  they visited
     d.  they visits

6)  Berners-Lee invented the web in 1989. He said that it had lived ______
     a.  down to his vision
     b.  up to his vision
     c.  on to his vision
     d.  in to his vision

7)  share information, access opportunities and collaborate across geographic and
______
     a.  cultural bound dries
     b.  cultural bounder ease
     c.  cultural bow dairies
     d.  cultural boundaries

8)  His letter outlined a five-year strategy to keep his ______


     a.  vision life
     b.  vision lives
     c.  vision alive
     d.  vision lifetime

9)  He wants to put, "a fair level of data control back ______ people".
     a.  in the hands of
     b.  in the bands of
     c.  in the lands of
     d.  in the sands of

10)  …looking at our online data, which he said creates a "chilling ______ speech".
     a.  effect on freedom
     b.  effect on frees
     c.  effect on freeze
     d.  effect on free

Comprehension Questions.

1. What did Sir Tim Berners-Lee create?


2. How many main dangers of the Internet are mentioned in the article?
3. What do websites want to change with fake news?
4. How does the article say fake news spreads?
5. Who did the article say misuses personal data?
6. When was the Internet invented?
7. How long is the strategy to help the Internet stay safe?
8. What did the article say about the answers to the complex problems?
9. Where did Tim Berners-Lee want to put data control back into?
10. Who did Tim Berners-Lee ask to help him?

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