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Questions 11 to 15 are based on thefollowing passage.
Facebook, theWeb's most popular social networking site, has been caught in a content-rightsbattle after revealing that it was granting itself permanent rights to users'photos,wall posts and other information even after a user closed an account.Under firefrom tens of thousands of users Facebook posted a brief message on users' homepages that said it was returning to its previous"Terms of Use"policy.
Member backlashagainst Facebook began after a consumer advocate website,The Consumerist,flagged a change made to Facebook's policy. Facebook deleted a sentence fromthe old Terms of Use. That sentence said Facebook could not claim any rights tooriginal content that a user uploaded once the user closed his or her account.The company replaced it with: "You may remove your User Content from theSite at any time. However, you acknowledge that the Company may retain archivedcopies of your User Content. "In response, Chris Walters,wrote in theConsumerist post, "Make sure you never upload anything you don't feelcomfortable giving away, because it's Facebook's now." Thousands of indignantmembers either canceled their accounts or created online petition.Among themwere more than 64,000 who joined a group called "The People Against thenew Terms of Service."
Facebook ChiefExecutive Mark Zuckerberg tried to quell(平息)the controversyby saying the company's philosophy is that people own their information andcontrol who they share it with. But members were not appeased because the sitedid not fix its Terms of Use. The company, in its post, said it was returningto its previous Terms of Use because of the "feedback" it hadreceived."It was never our intention to confuse people or make them uneasyabout sharing on Facebook," company spokesman Barry Schnitt said in blogpost. " also want to be very clear that Facebook does not, nor have weever, claimed ownership over people's content. Your content belongs toyou." Schnitt said the company is in the process of rewording its Terms ofUse in "simple language that defines Facebook's rights much morespecifically."
By marking the change in Facebook's Terms of Use, The Consumerist meant to____
A、establish an organization to protect users'benefits
B、launch an online petition against Facebook's old policy
C、call users'attention to the risks of Facebook's policy change
D、warn Facebook of the security problems caused by such change
【正确答案】：C