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Economist: A recent survey found that in countries with higher rates of internet censorship, there are also higher rates of internet usage per capita. This seems counterintuitive because one might expect that restrictions on internet content would deter usage.
Which of the following, if true and known by the residents of these countries, would best help explain the paradoxical results of the survey?
(A) Many residents in countries with higher internet censorship use the internet primarily for work-related purposes, which are not affected by censorship policies.
(B) Residents in countries with high internet censorship often use proxy servers and VPNs, which allow them to bypass restrictions and access a broader range of content online.
(C) There is an observed trend in the data collection methodology where internet usage metrics might include both direct and indirect engagement metrics, which vary significantly between surveyed regions.
(D) Countries with high rates of internet censorship often have higher populations, thus naturally leading to a higher total number of internet users.
(E) The survey included responses from a disproportionate number of young people, who tend to use the internet more frequently regardless of censorship levels.
Which of the following, if true and known by the residents of these countries, would best help explain the paradoxical results of the survey?
(A) Many residents in countries with higher internet censorship use the internet primarily for work-related purposes, which are not affected by censorship policies.
(B) Residents in countries with high internet censorship often use proxy servers and VPNs, which allow them to bypass restrictions and access a broader range of content online.
(C) There is an observed trend in the data collection methodology where internet usage metrics might include both direct and indirect engagement metrics, which vary significantly between surveyed regions.
(D) Countries with high rates of internet censorship often have higher populations, thus naturally leading to a higher total number of internet users.
(E) The survey included responses from a disproportionate number of young people, who tend to use the internet more frequently regardless of censorship levels.
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GMAT Club Official Explanation:
Correct Answer: B. Residents in countries with high internet censorship often use proxy servers and VPNs, which allow them to bypass restrictions and access a broader range of content online.
This option resolves the paradox by suggesting that despite high levels of censorship, residents find ways to circumvent these restrictions using technology like VPNs and proxy servers. This allows them to access content freely, thus maintaining or even increasing internet usage rates, because they can circumvent the sensorship online, which cannot be circumvented in other channels such as print, TV, or radio content. This answer is also one of the only ones that fits into the condition identified in the question "if true and known by the residens of these countries" - if you read that element of the question carefully, this answer choice would likely jump out at you more than others such as C for example talking about vague measurement differences.
A. Many residents in countries with higher internet censorship use the internet primarily for work-related purposes, which are not affected by censorship policies.
This answer choice does not resolve the paradox of high personal or leisure use in the face of censorship. It ignores how censorship impacts broader internet usage habits beyond work-related activities. This also makes the paradox less explained because it implies that the internet is used primarily for work-related purposes and thus should result in less usage per capita as it would not be used as much in non-working hours for leisure. Eliminate.
C. There is an observed trend in the data collection methodology where internet usage metrics might include both direct and indirect engagement metrics, which vary significantly between surveyed regions.
This option is deliberately confusing and unclear and is also a trap. This choice introduces ambiguity rather than clarifying the paradox. We do not know if the "vary significantly between surveyed regions" varies one way or another - you may assume this explains but we only know it varied. We are also not sure how indirect engagement would be explaining the paradox and what is even indirect engagement? When an answer choice is vague like this, and asks you to come out of your comfort zone to nail you in the end, it is very likey incorrect. Eliminate cuatiously.
D. Countries with high rates of internet censorship often have higher populations, thus naturally leading to a higher total number of internet users.
A larger population does not explain higher per capita internet usage under censorship. This choice is mixing apples and oranges. Eliminate.
E. The survey included responses from a disproportionate number of young people, who tend to use the internet more frequently regardless of censorship levels.
This choice suggests a possible skew in the survey data, which might misrepresent actual usage patterns across the entire population and it would impact all of the usage in censored and uncensored countries. However, this issue with survey data would impact both censored and unsensored countries, so the net impact would be zero (both areas surveyed would have large number of young people) and would not explain the paradox. Eliminate.
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Paradox: More internet censorship should deter the internet usage of the population. But here we have higher rates of internet usage.
(A) Many residents in countries with higher internet censorship use the internet primarily for work-related purposes, which are not affected by censorship policies. Does not explain why we have more internet censorship and more usage.
(B) Residents in countries with high internet censorship often use proxy servers and VPNs, which allow them to bypass restrictions and access a broader range of content online. This explains that people use proxy servers and VPNs which might have higher internet usage thus explaining the paradox.
(C) There is an observed trend in the data collection methodology where internet usage metrics might include both direct and indirect engagement metrics, which vary significantly between surveyed regions. Does not explain why we have more internet censorship and more usage. Infact it does not matter if the engagement is direct or indirect.
(D) Countries with high rates of internet censorship often have higher populations, thus naturally leading to a higher total number of internet users. Here did not like the word "often" it means that atleast 1 or all country out of all have higher population.
(E) The survey included responses from a disproportionate number of young people, who tend to use the internet more frequently regardless of censorship levels. Does not explain why we have more internet censorship and more usage.
