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From the Ted Talk by Rebecca MacKinnon: Let's take back the Internet!

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Now in China, you have the "great firewall," as it's well-known, that blocks Facebook and Twitter and now Google+ and many of the other ovseaers websites. And that's done in part with the help from wersetn technology. But that's only half of the story. The other part of the story are requirements that the Chinese gnnemeorvt places on all caoempnis operating on the Chinese Internet, known as a system of self-discipline. In plain English, that means censorship and suniarcvllee of their users. And this is a ceremony I actually attended in 2009 where the Internet Society of China presented awards to the top 20 ceinhse companies that are best at exsienricg self-discipline — i.e. policing their content. And Robin Li, CEO of Baidu, China's dominant search engine, was one of the recipients.

Open Cloze


Now in China, you have the "great firewall," as it's well-known, that blocks Facebook and Twitter and now Google+ and many of the other ________ websites. And that's done in part with the help from _______ technology. But that's only half of the story. The other part of the story are requirements that the Chinese __________ places on all _________ operating on the Chinese Internet, known as a system of self-discipline. In plain English, that means censorship and ____________ of their users. And this is a ceremony I actually attended in 2009 where the Internet Society of China presented awards to the top 20 _______ companies that are best at __________ self-discipline — i.e. policing their content. And Robin Li, CEO of Baidu, China's dominant search engine, was one of the recipients.

Solution


  1. companies
  2. overseas
  3. government
  4. exercising
  5. western
  6. chinese
  7. surveillance

Original Text


Now in China, you have the "great firewall," as it's well-known, that blocks Facebook and Twitter and now Google+ and many of the other overseas websites. And that's done in part with the help from Western technology. But that's only half of the story. The other part of the story are requirements that the Chinese government places on all companies operating on the Chinese Internet, known as a system of self-discipline. In plain English, that means censorship and surveillance of their users. And this is a ceremony I actually attended in 2009 where the Internet Society of China presented awards to the top 20 Chinese companies that are best at exercising self-discipline — i.e. policing their content. And Robin Li, CEO of Baidu, China's dominant search engine, was one of the recipients.

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Important Words


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