Reading Comprehension (Unseen) Passage Set - 16

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Reading Comprehension (Unseen) Passage Set - 16

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :-

London : UK's health minister Jeremy Hunt threatened to impose new regulations on social media firms unless they do more to protect young people using their services. Hunt said the groups were ''turning a blind eye'' to the effect social media had on children's well being an accusation that comes as Facebook and other face heightened scrutiny worldwide over their impact. Googl's UK operation and Facebook said they were committed to protecting children and working on new features to help. There was no immediate comment from Twitter, Snapchat and other firms. He did not say what kind of regulations the government could impose, but gave the firms an end of April deadline to come up with steps to tackle cyber bullying and control the ammount of time youngsters spent online. ‘’I am concerned that your companies seem content with a situation where thousands of users breach your even terms and conditions on the minimum user age,’’ Hunt said in a letter sent to tech firms. ‘’I fear that you are collectively turning a blind eye to a whole generation of children being exposed to the harmful emotional side effects.’’ 

A) State whether the following are True/False. Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False. 

i.Jeremy Hunt is UK's prime minister . 

ii.Twitter, Snapchat and other firms made immediate Comment. 

iii.The government gave the firms an end-of-April deadline . 

iv.Hunt has expressed his concern far children in a letter sent to tech firms . 

B) Answer each of the following questions in about 30 words. 

i.What did Jeremy Hunt threaten to impose on social media firms? 

ii.What does Hunt want the firms to do?

iii.What fear does Hunt express?