Today, our number of weak-tie acquaintances has exploded due to the Internet—to the phenomenon online social networking.

如今，由于互联网带来的线上社交网络的盛行，我们建立的“弱关系”的数量大幅增加。

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The study also shows that girls are more likely to be attracted by mobile phones than boys, and often use the Internet to talk to friends by social networking websites, such as Facebook and Twitter.

研究还显示，女孩比男孩更容易被手机吸引，她们经常通过 Facebook 和 Twitter 等社交网站与朋友聊天。

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Outside of social networking, the Internet is used primarily as a source of information for a variety of topics.

在社交网络之外，因特网成为一个汇集各种主题的资源的主要工具。

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Recently,Internet giant Google had to remove its search engine from China, and Pakistan blocked the Internet social networking company Facebook over what authorities called blasphemy.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

While the internet and social networking sites are helping people connect with each other and breaking social barriers inside Iran, it's also giving Iranians all over the world a connection with one another, and support for each other even from thousands of miles away.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

The question has to be 'How do we maximize the value of the traffic that we're going to receive?'" For a lot of advertisers, internet advertising, social networking sites such as Twitter or Facebook, and internet searches on sites such as YouTube can be the answer.

VOA: standard.2010.01.27

Censors block Internet and social networking sites like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

CNN: China's Premier Wen: 'Speak the truth'

We think the government, as many of us have said throughout the day, need to turn the Internet and social networking sites back on.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

That is the beauty of the Internet and social networking sites.

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