Question

read the excerpt from social media made the arab spring. but couldnt save it by jessi hempel. today, governments take an aggressive hand in shutting down digital channels people use to organize against them. in egypt, for example, where 26 million people are on facebook (up from 4.7 million people in 2011), security forces arrested three people who administered nearly two dozen facebook pages, according to egyptian media reports. it also detained activists who had been involved in prior protests. and at the end of december, the government shut down facebooks free basics service, which had offered free internet services to egyptians on mobile phones. more than 3 million people had signed up for the program in just two months, according to facebook. meanwhile turkey has made 805 requests for tweets to be removed since 2012, according to twitters most recent transparency report; more than half were made. which quotations from the excerpt provide evidence to support the claim that governments have responded to criticism delivered through social media? select three options. security forces arrested three people who administered nearly two dozen facebook pages. it egypt also detained activists who had been involved in prior protests. facebooks free basics service... had offered free internet services to egyptians on mobile phones. more than 3 million people had signed up for the program in just two months. meanwhile turkey has made 805 requests for tweets to be removed since 2012

Explanation:

The first option shows security forces arresting administrators of Facebook pages which can be seen as a response to social - media related activities. The second option about detaining activists involved in prior protests (likely organized or publicized via social media) is also a response. The fifth option about Turkey making requests for tweet removals is a government response to social - media content. The third and fourth options are about Facebook services and user numbers and not government responses to social - media criticism.

Answer:

1. "Security forces arrested three people who administered nearly two dozen Facebook pages."
2. "It [Egypt] also detained activists who had been involved in prior protests."
3. "Meanwhile Turkey has made 805 requests for tweets to be removed since 2012."