Matching Pairs Tik Tok article vocabularyOnline version Words and phrases from the Actively Learn article "TikTok: Is This Popular App for Teens a National Security Threat?" https://reader.activelylearn.com/authoring/4628402/notes by Lee Sledd 1 host content 2 third party 3 compromise (privacy, structure, integrity, values) 4 suffer a similar fate 5 no stranger to controversy 6 content moderation 7 a cautionary tale 8 foreign influence campaign 9 lose track of (time) 10 algorithm 11 compelled to 12 a clash between 13 foreign takeover 14 testify at a hearing 15 by default fate= destiny, future, ending suffer= pain suffer a similar fate= to meet the same sad or painful end as someone else If you are compelled to do something, you have to do it, or feel strongly that you need to or should do it. Ex. My dad didn't want to pay my mom child support, but he was compelled to pay by the court. When someone speaks in court or in Congress (in a hearing) to give evidence or an opinion about a case or investigation. When a company from one country buys a company in another to control it controversy=drama, people talking about you. 'no stranger to' = you know it well SO: no stranger to controversy means people are always talking about the dramatic things you do that make some people shocked or mad. Ex. Because of the crazy things they do and say, celebrities like Miley Cyrus, Kanye West (now "Ye"?) and Elon Musk are no strangers to controversy. a mathematical formula that processes data, usually with multiple steps, to produce a desired result. In the case of apps like Facebook, Youtube and Tik Tok, the apps remember the kind of content you watch and like, and from that data predict others you might like. Then they feed you more similar content to keep you watching, so that you will see more ads. forget, not pay attention to store the text, video or images other people make on a system (like Instagram, FB, Tik Tok, etc...) a story or example which could be a warning to others in a similar situation the way an app works automatically if you don't change any settings; the way it's set up to work. Ex. By default, some Youtube channels will autoplay the next video without you clicking it. when another country tries to change the opinion of people in another country. Ex. As part of Russia's influence campaign in the 2016 election, hackers put lots of nasty ads on Facebook about Hillary Clinton to try and make less people vote for her. If you compromise something, you make it weaker or more vulnerable; it might fail or break. ex. After the man cut pieces of wood off of the supports to sell, the bridge was compromised. When two people do business, sometimes a 3rd party not involved in the business will observe to make sure everything is following the laws or tha the quality is good. Ex. Farmers who grow organic food need an independent 3rd party to certify that they don't use chemicals, so that the stores who buy their products have confidence that they aren't cheating and spraying with chemicals and just labeling things "organic" to get a higher price. clash = conflict, disagreement, fight when a company that hosts content watches what people post and flags or deletes stuff that violates their policy (breaks the rules) or they don't like. Ex. Content moderators at Facebook removed videos that said the COVID-19 vaccine was killing people.
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