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People are being lured(引诱)onto Facebook with the promise of a fun, free service, without realizing they’ re paying for it by giv

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问题     People are being lured(引诱)onto Facebook with the promise of a fun, free service, without realizing they’ re paying for it by giving up loads of personal information. Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that want to send targeted messages.
    Most Facebook users don’t realize this is happening. Even if they know what the company is up to, they still have no idea what they’re paying for Facebook, because people don’ t really know what their personal data is worth.
    The biggest problem, however, is that the company keeps changing the rules. Early on, you could keep everything private. That was the great thing about Facebook—you could create your own little private network. Last year, the company changed its privacy rules so that many things— your city, your photo, your friends’ names—were set, by default(默认), to be shared with everyone on the Internet.
    According to Facebook’s vice-president Elliot Schrage, the company is simply making changes to improve its service, and if people don’t share information, they have a "less satisfying experience. "
    Some critics think this is more about Facebook looking to make more money. Its original business model, which involved selling ads and putting them at the side of the page, totally failed. Who wants to look at ads when they’ re online connecting with their friends?
    The privacy issue has already landed Facebook in hot water in Washington. In April, Senator Charles Schumer called on Facebook to change its privacy policy. He also urged the Federal Trade Commission to set guidelines for social-networking sites. "I think the senator rightly communicated that we had not been clear about what the new products were and how people could choose to use them or not to use them, " Schrage admits.
    I suspect that whatever Facebook has done so far to invade our privacy, it’s only the beginning. Which is why I’m considering deactivating(撤销)my account. Facebook is a handy site, but I’ m upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I don’t trust. That’s too high a price to pay.  
Why does the author plan to cancel his Facebook account?
选项 A、He finds many of its users untrustworthy.
B、He is upset by its frequent rule changes.
C、He doesn’ t want his personal data abused.
D、He is dissatisfied with its current service.
答案C
解析 推理判断题。由题干中的cancel his Facebook account定位至最后一段第1句。最后一段作者提到，我怀疑Facebook到目前为止侵犯个人隐私的一切行为都只是开始而已，这也是为什么我正考虑注销在Facebook的账户。由此可见，作者之所以打算注销Facebook账户，主要因为他不想自己的个人信息被滥用，故答案为C项。B项“Facebook频繁更改其条款使得他很不舒服”，虽然文中第三段提到最大的问题是Facebook不断更改其条款，但这并非事导致作者打算注销其账户的直接原因，可以排除。文中均未提及A项和D项。
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