7th Grade TikTok

Read the following sentences from the article.

1. Soon every account held by a user under the age of 18 will have a 60-minute daily screen time limit, TikTok said.

2. They will be asked to make an “active decision” to keep watching.

3. For accounts on which the user is under the age of 13, a parent or guardian will have to set or enter an existing passcode to allow more time.

4. The company will send weekly inbox notifications to teen accounts with a screen time recap.

Which two sentences taken together provide the BEST evidence to support the idea that TikTok users can still choose to continue watching videos even after they reach their time limit?

• 1 and 2

• 1 and 4

• 2 and 3

• 3 and 4

Which sentence from the section “TikTok Banned From Government Devices” explains WHY some governments are banning TikTok from government devices?

• The company is launching a sleep reminder to help people plan when they want to be offline at night.

• Around the world, there is growing concern about the app’s security.

• Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are pushing a bill to give President Joe Biden the ability to ban the app nationwide.

• A possible ban has faced opposition from some organizations that argue it would violate rights protected by law.

Read the following paragraphs from the section “Algorithms Can Send Users Harmful Content.”

How is the central idea developed in these two paragraphs?

• by explaining how TikTok use could possibly harm young people

• by explaining why sports team videos are so popular on TikTok

• by explaining how young people on TikTok are harming other users

• by explaining why Facebook is considered more harmful than TikTok

Which statement would be MOST important to include in a summary of the article?

• TikTok accounts start out as private for users between the ages of 13 and 15.

• Republicans in the U.S. Congress are pushing President Biden to ban TikTok.

• Direct messaging options are only available on TikTok to app users older than 16.

• All TikTok users under the age of 18 now have a 60-minute daily screen time limit.

Which of the following details from the text support the idea that governments around the world took measures to maintain their own sense of security from the potential harm of Tik Tok?

•  The rules are part of an effort to fight addiction to internet use.

• There have long been concerns that social media might cause harm to young people.

• Canada has also removed TikTok from government devices.

• Those include the ability to set screen time limits for each day of the week.

Reread the following sentence from the text:

The new rules are similar to gaming rules for young people in China, where Tik Tok's parent company ByteDance was formerly based.

What does the word formerly mean as it is used in the text?

•  Incorrectly

• Previously

• Privately

• Genuinely

What is the central Idea of Paragraph 2?

• TikTok should make minors limit their screen time.

• Minors will have a 60 minute screen time limit

• TikTok's security and ability to alter is algorithm have been questioned.

• Users can keep watching.

The test states "The same algorithms that promote content about a sports team, hobby or dance craze can send users down a rabbit hole of harmful content, they say." What does the phrase "rabbit hole" mean as it used in this sentence?

• something that transports someone into a wonderfully (or troublingly) surreal state or situation.

• Life is amazing, just try your best.

• rabbit burrow.

• a complexly bizarre or difficult state or situation conceived of as a hole into which one falls or descends.

Should TikTok limit screen time for minors?

• Yes

• No