13-18 2011 Redes Sociais

A TOOL FOR SPIES

      When Iran’s opposition protesters used Twitter and other forms of social media last year to let the world know about their regime’s brutal post election crackdown, activists praised Twitter as the tool of revolution and freedom. But now Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has figured out how to twist this tool into one of repression. Though as recently as this past January Chávez was decrying Twitter as a weapon of terrorists, he’s since turned into an avid Twitterer himself ( his account, the country’s most popular, boasted more than half a million followers at press time ), as well as a devoted Facebook user and blogger.
      Far from embracing the democratic spirit of the Web, though, the Venezuelan strongman is using his accounts and blog to exhort people to spy on each other. At the launch of his Twitter account, Chávez enjoined the Boliviarian faithful to use it to keep an eye on state enemies, namely the wealthy.
My Twitter account is open for you to denounce them, “Chávez announced on his television program. El Presidente has hired a staff of 200 to deal with tweeted “requests, denunciations, and other problems,” which have resulted in actions against allegedly credit-stingy banks and currency speculators.
He’s now considering going a step further and ruling that all Venezuelan Web sites must move from U.S.- based servers to domestic ones - which would, of course, make them far easier to control.
Big Brother would be proud.

(Newsweek – June 14, 2010. By Mac Margolis and Alex Marin)

Questão 13
De acordo com o texto, em janeiro deste ano, Hugo Chávez
(A) proibia terminantemente o uso do “Twitter”.
(B) demonstrava domínio do uso do “Twitter”.
(C) ignorava totalmente o uso do “Twitter”.
(D) incentivava o uso do “Twitter”.
(E) criticava o uso do “Twitter”.

Questão 14
Considere as afirmações a seguir.
I. Chávez é um usuário ávido do “Twitter”.
II. Segundo os autores do texto, o “Twitter” é uma arma de terroristas.
III. Chávez é um usuário devotado do “Facebook”.
É correto o que se afirma em
(A) I e II, apenas.
(B) I e III, apenas.
(C) III, apenas.
(D) II, apenas.
(E) I, apenas.

Questão 15
No primeiro parágrafo, a conjunção though em - Though as recently as this past January... - pode ser substituída, sem prejuízo para o sentido do texto por
(A) if.
(B) also.
(C) nor.
(D) besides.
(E) even though.

Questão 16
No segundo parágrafo, o pronome them em - My Twitter account is open for you to denounce them - refere-se a
(A) credit – stingy banks.
(B) a million followers.
(C) Boliviarian faithful.
(D) state enemies.
(E) a staff of 200

Questão 17
Segundo o texto, o presidente da Venezuela está usando suas contas da internet e seu ” blog” com
o intuito de
(A) persuadir as pessoas a espionarem umas às outras.
(B) evitar que as pessoas façam espionagem.
(C) identificar os espiões.
(D) expulsar os espiões.
(E) punir os espiões.

Questão 18
O verbo auxiliar must em - ... and ruling that all Venezuelan Web sites must move from U.S.- based servers to domestic ones… - transmite a ideia de
(A) arrependimento.
(B) probabilidade.
(C) permissão.
(D) obrigação.
(E) conselho.