Facebook has received intense backlash in the last few weeks from some of the biggest companies in the world, which means a gigantic drop in funding.
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Whether it is to understand the ramifications of recent legislation passed, to hear about recent events and grasp the potential consequences to your country, or simply hear about what is happening in other countries in order to compare them to what’s happening in yours, the news is certainly a staple in our lives and the most consistent way to get information.
This is why Scrambled Eggs has decided to unite two of your biggest worlds: learning English and keeping up with what is happening in the world. We hope our challenging daily exercises, composed of listening, vocabulary and comprehension exercises in English, will satisfy both of those above worlds in a satisfactory and also entertaining way.
So enough about introductions, let’s get to today’s Learn English with the News topic:
Now that you’ve had a listen, let’s put your knowledge to the test with some of our vocabulary and comprehension exercises:
Companies Decide to Boycott Facebook - Definition Match
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Put the following words to the correct definitions.
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ADVERTISER
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CIVIL RIGHTS
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EXPLICITY
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FAILURE
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GROWING
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HATE SPEECH
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JOIN
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LATELY
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MEANINGFULLY
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PUT A PAUSE ON SOMETHING
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SPREAD
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TO CALL ON
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TO BE IN
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TREND
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Companies Decide to Boycott Facebook - Fill in the Blank
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ADVERTISER – CIVIL RIGHTS – DEEPLY – EXPLICITY – FAILURE – GROWING – HATE SPEECH – JOIN – LATELY – MEANINGFULLY – PUT A PAUSE – SPREAD – CALLED ON – WERE IN – TREND
- A (growing) list of companies say they’ll (join) an (advertiser) boycott on Facebook in protest of what they say are the site’s failures to stop the spread of hate. A (civil rights) coalition, which includes the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the NAACP, launched the #StopHateforProfit campaign last week when it (called on) major corporations to (put a pause) on advertising on Facebook, saying the company’s “repeated (failure) to (meaningfully) act on the vast (spread) of hate on its platforms” was responsible. In days, outdoor retailers REI, The North Face, and Patagonia said they (were in). Other companies, including Upwork and Dashlane, have joined too. On Sunday, Starbucks (SBUX), the sixth-largest advertiser on Facebook, also said it would pause all social media advertising, though it did not (explicitly) link the action to #StopHateForProfit. In a statement to CNN on Friday, Carolyn Everson, vice president of Facebook’s global business group, responded by saying that they (deeply) respect any brand’s decision and remain focused on the important work of removing (hate speech) and providing critical voting information. This seems to be a continuing (trend) for the social media giant, because (lately) new companies are abandoning the platform every day. Will there be a new form of advertising that takes civil rights into consideration? Only time will tell.
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Companies Decide to Boycott Facebook - True or False
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The number of companies participating in the boycott is increasing.
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Only individual companies are boycotting Facebook.
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These organizations believe Facebook has acted properly to stop the spread of hate.
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We don’t know why Starbucks stopped advertising with Facebook.
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This trend will probably continue.
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