Building a ‘Halal’ Internet

B2 – Upper Intermediate

Officials in Iran are planning to build a completely separate Internet called Yooz. Its purpose is to filter objectionable information just like China’s “Great Firewall”, the largest web filtering and censorship operation in the world.

Read the article below to know more about Yooz then express your opinions.

http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/iran-next-step-in-building-hala-internet/2676579.html

Discussion Questions:

  1. How often do you use the internet?
  2. How important is the internet to your day to day life?
  3. What is your opinion about filtered and censored internet access
  4. Do you think that Yooz will do its job in filtering and securing?
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2 replies on “Building a ‘Halal’ Internet”

I use the Internet every day, and for me, it’s so important that I couldn’t imagine a world without it right away. I use it to talk with my loved ones, to stay informed, and also for distraction.

In my opinion, the censor of the internet is a bad idea because it blocks the opportunity to give objective opinions about an event.
About ‘Yooz’ I think that the citizens will try to enter the censored web pages and applications anyways, so it will cause problems with the law for them.

You did well in answering the questions. Keep going with your writing practice.

Note some minor revisions you can make here:

I use the Internet every day, and for me, it’s so important that I couldn’t imagine a world without it right away.

I use the Internet every day, and for me, it’s so important that I can’t imagine a world without it right now.

Cheers to more future entries from you!

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