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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 facebook’s 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 twitter’s most recent transparency report; more than half were made last year.
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.\
□ \facebook’s 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:

To determine which quotations support the claim about governments responding to social media criticism, we analyze each option:

• "Security forces arrested three people who administered nearly two dozen Facebook pages." – Egypt's government acted against those using Facebook (a social media channel) to organize, so this supports the claim.
• "It [Egypt] also detained activists who had been involved in prior protests." – Detaining activists involved in protests (which could be organized via social media) shows government response to criticism/organization through social media - related activities.
• "Facebook's Free Basics service... had offered free Internet services to Egyptians on mobile phones." – This is just about a service, not government response to criticism, so eliminate.
• "More than 3 million people had signed up for the program in just two months." – This is about program sign - ups, not government response, eliminate.
• "Meanwhile Turkey has made 805 requests for tweets to be removed since 2012." – Turkey's government requesting tweet removals (tweets are social media content) shows response to social media - based communication, so this supports the claim.

Answer:

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