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可锐教育官网 2018年可锐考研英语阅读文章精选（三） Facebook and privacy Sorry, friends 　　脸谱和用户隐私 对不起，朋友 　　The giant social network is castigated for serious privacy failings 　　社交网巨头因严重隐私缺陷而遭受公众谴责 　　FACEBOOK has been playing with fire and has got its fingers burned, again. 　　脸谱一直在玩火，这次它又烧伤了自己的指头。 　　On November 29th America s Federal Trade Commission announced that it hadreached a draft settlement with the giant social network over allegations that it hadmisled people about its use of their personal data. 　　11月29日美国联邦贸易委员会声明已和该社交网巨头关于公众对它欺骗用户、滥用用户个人信息的控诉初步达成解决方案。 　　The details of the settlement make clear that Facebook, which boasts over 800m users,betrayed its users trust. 　　这份解决方案的细目明确说明，脸谱网背叛了它所声称的八亿用户的信任。 　　It is also notable because it appears to be part of a broader attempt by the FTC to craft anew privacy framework to deal with the swift rise of social networks in America. 　　FTC有个更大的计划，那就是创建一个新的隐私框架以应对美国快速攀升的社交网用户。而这份方案似乎是这个计划中的一部分，这也是它受到广泛关注的另一个原因。 　　The regulator s findings come at a sensitive time for Facebook, which is said to be preparingfor an initial public offering next year that could value it at around $100 billion. 　　调解员的调查对这个时候的脸谱网来说很敏感。据说它正在准备明年的首次招股，这将使它的价值达到一千亿。 　　To clear the way for its blockbuster flotation, the firm first needs to resolve its privacytussles with regulators in America and Europe. 　　为了给这次非同一般的上市计划扫清障碍，脸谱网必须首先解决与美国和欧洲协调员关于用户隐私的争端，因此这周它公开了商谈意向。 　　Hence its willingness to negotiate the settlement unveiled this week, which should befinalised at the end of December after a period for public comment. 　　经过征询公共意见后，商谈结果将在十二月底最终敲定。 　　Announcing the agreement, the FTC said it had found a number of cases where Facebook hadmade claims that were unfair and deceptive, and violated federal law . 　　宣布协议时，FTC说发现有好几回脸谱的声明都是 不公平，虚假并触犯联邦法 的， 　　For instance, it passed on personally identifiable information to advertisers, even though itsaid it would not do so. 　　比如，它把用户身份信息透露给广告商，但是嘴上却声称不会做此类事情。 　　And it failed to keep a promise to make photos and videos on deactivated a