Question 17.

The author claims that Silicon Valley tech companies have tried to “confuse the public” by:

A
pushing for greater privacy while working with advertisement-support platforms to mine data.
B
concealing the findings of psychologists and neuroscientists on screen-time use from the public.
C
developing new work-efficiency programmes while lobbying for the “right to disconnect” bill.
D
promoting screen time in public schools while opting for a screen-free education for their own children.

Question Explanation

Text Explanation

The following excerpt from the fourth paragraph throws light into this matter: {...Tech companies worked hard to get public schools to buy into programs that required schools to have one laptop per student, arguing that it would better prepare children for their screen-based future. But this idea isn’t how the people who actually build the screen-based future raise their own children...}. It is understood that though tech companies manipulate public schools into engaging in a process involving more screen time, they avoid a similar course of activity when it comes to their own children {whom they subject to a screen-free education and upbringing}. Option D aptly captures this two-facedness. Option B is a distorted interpretation, while Options A and C cannot be inferred from the passage. 

Hence, Option D is the correct answer.

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