NBC晚间新闻 Facebook欲转变为注重隐私平台

Tonight the world's largest social media site promising¹ a new future centered around privacy and direct messages. Mark Zuckerberg posting plans to shift toward an encrypted closed platform where people can be confident what they say to each other stays secure and their messages and content won't stick around forever. But experts say this isn't a novel concept. Snapchat's been doing it for years and Facebook already owns several private messaging services. It's not as if these products are totally new and people already use them.

I think it's just more of a, more dramatic focus on the products that maybe Facebook hasn't had in the past. This year Facebook's privacy reputation has taken hit after hit. New research showing users in the U.S. may be logging off for good. A drop of 15 million from 2017 to 2018 and some advertisers also quitting Facebook, one chiding² the company's despicable business model, according to CNBC. Facebook now hoping to win back trust, saying they want to put privacy first.

今晚，全球最大的社交媒体网站Facebook承诺将以隐私和私密信息为核心开创新的未来。马克·扎克伯格计划将Facebook转变为一个加密的封闭的平台，在这个平台上，人们可以放心，他们对彼此说的话是隐秘的，这些信息和内容不会永久存在。但是专家表示，这并不是一个新概念。Snapchat多年来一直在这么做，Facebook已经拥有了几项私人信息服务。并不是说这些产品是全新的，人们已经在使用它们了。我认为，这只表明了Facebook比过去更加引人注目地注重自身产品了。今年Facebook在隐私方面的声誉遭受了一次又一次的打击。一项新的研究显示，美国的用户可能会永久不再使用Facebook。据美国全国广播公司财经频道报道，从2017年到2018年，用户减少了1500万，一些广告商也退Facebook，一位广告商谴责了该公司的卑鄙的商业模式。现在，Facebook希望能赢回人们的信任，他们想把隐私放在首位。

1 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

2 chiding   

v.责骂，责备( chide的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She was chiding her son for not being more dutiful to her. 她在责骂她儿子对她不够孝尽。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She called back her scattered maidens, chiding their alarm. 她把受惊的少女们召唤回来，对她们的惊惶之状加以指责。 来自辞典例句