Question

read the excerpt from social media made the arab spring, but cant 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:

• "Security forces arrested three people who administered nearly two dozen Facebook pages" shows government action against those using social media (Facebook pages) which can be seen as a response to criticism (as these pages might be used for organizing against the government).
• "It [Egypt] also detained activists who had been involved in prior protests" indicates government action against activists (who likely used social media to organize protests, a form of criticism).
• "Meanwhile Turkey has made 805 requests for tweets to be removed since 2012" shows government (Turkey) taking action (requesting tweet removal) in response to content (tweets) on social media (Twitter), which could be critical content.

Answer:

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