热点02 网络环境与未成年人保护---备战2021年高考英语考前时事热点话题阅读+题型专练

备战2021年高考英语考前时事热点话题阅读 热点02 网络环境与未成年人保护 一、阅读理解 1 Facebook and other social media companies should make children aware that their online activity is monitored by their parent or carer, under a code to improve child Internet safety in the UK. Turning off the “like” function, and limiting data collection and geolocation tools on popular platforms such as Instagram and Facebook, are among a 16-point list of recommendations for age-appropriate design released by the Information Commisioner’s Office (ICO). It said some techniques, which platforms employ to encourage users to use them, including Facebook “likes”, should not be used to try to keep under-18s online for longer. Other recommendations under the ICO’s code of practice for Internet companies, which platforms would be responsible for carrying out, include: *Limiting how children’s personal data is collected, used and shared by social media companies. *Making “high privacy” the default (默认) setting for children using social media platforms unless there is a convincing reason not to. *Requiring social media companies to show that all staff involved in the design and development of services likely to be used by children obey the code of practice. *Introducing age checks on platforms or treating all users as if they were children. Companies that do not stick to the code could face fines of up to 4% of their global turnover, around $1.6 bn for Facebook. The consultation ended at the end of May, and the final version of the code of practice, regarded as a new international standard is expected to come into effect by 2020. Elizabeth Denham, the information commissioner, said, “This is the connected generation. The Internet and all its wonders have been a part of their everyday lives. We shouldn’t have to prevent our children from being able to use it, but we must demand that they should be protected when they do. This code does that.” The ICO sought views from parents and children while developing the code of practice,