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  3. 　　Enough "meaningless drivel". That’s the message from a group of members of the UK government who have been examining how socia

　　Enough "meaningless drivel". That’s the message from a group of members of the UK government who have been examining how socia

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问题 　　Enough "meaningless drivel". That’s the message from a group of members of the UK government who have been examining how social media firms like Linkedln gather and use social media data.
    The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s report, released last week, has blamed firms for making people sign up to long incomprehensible legal contracts and calls for an international standard or kitemark to identify sites that have clear terms and conditions.
    "The term and conditions statement that we all carelessly agree to is meaningless drivel to anyone," says Andrew Miller, the chair of the committee. Instead, he says, firms should provide a plain-English version of their terms. The simplified version would be checked by a third party and awarded a kitemark if it is an accurate reflection of the original.
    It is not yet clear who would administer the scheme, but the UK government is looking at introducing it on a voluntary basis. "We need to think through how we make that work in practice," says Miller.
    Would we pay any more attention to a kitemark? "I think if you went and did the survey, people would like to think they would," says Nigel Shadbolt at the University of Southampton, UK, who studies open data. "We do know people worry a lot about the inappropriate use of their information." But what would happen in practice is another matter, he says.
    Other organizations such as banks ask customers to sign long contracts they may not read or understand, but Miller believes social media requires special attention because it is so new. " We still don’t know how. significant the long-term impact is going to be of unwise things that kids put on social media that come back and bite them in 20 years’ time," he says.
    Shadbolt, who gave evidence to the committee, says the problem is that we don’t know how companies will use our data because their business models and uses of data are still evolving. Large collections of personal information have become valuable only recently, he says.
    The shock and anger when a social media firm does something with data that people don’t expect, even if users have apparently permission, show that the current situation isn’t working. If properly administered, a kitemark on terms and conditions could help people know what exactly they are signing up to. Although they would still have to actually read them.
Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
选项 A、Say no to social media?
B、New security rules in operation?
C、Accept without reading?
D、Administration matters!
答案C
解析 考查主旨大意题。现在的网站中或者社交媒体软件中，我们在注册用户名或安装的时候，总会有一些合同或条约让我们签署。很多人从来都没有详细阅读这些合同条款就签名了。文章就此话题展开讨论，作者提出我们应该仔细阅读条款内容，然后再签名。故C项“Accept without reading?未阅读就接受?”符合文章中心思想。其余三项与文章内容不贴切。故本题选C。
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