How much is your privacy worth? How do you know that a medicine really works? Why is there an “underground police” in Paris?

What price would you put on your privacy? Facebook thinks $10 a month is about right. The internet is so full of advertisements that many of us have learned to block out and ignore them. However, the experience would often be better if it was possible to remove them altogether. Facebook is now offering users this service for just $10 a month — a steep price, but one that many users will be ready to pay.

Find out more about this story and the others in the links below!

Here are the articles for this week’s conversation classes. Of course, you can still use these even if you are not taking conversation classes. I look forward to hearing what you have to say. Please let me know if you have any issues accessing these.

Try to note some new or interesting language that you see or hear in the articles or video and bring it to the class.

1. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/meta-facebook-pay-for-privacy-europe

2. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/strange-maps-paris-catacombs

3. https://youtu.be/ZlFF7A8nk0w?si=RYJiSMWoABwcFAfd

Have a great week.

See you in class!