Docomo's Parental Control App Down for Two Weeks
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NTT Docomo is a big phone company in Japan.
Docomo has an app called "Anshin Filter".
This app helps parents control what children see on phones.
The app stops children from seeing bad websites.
Now, the app does not work.
It has not worked for two weeks.
Docomo does not know when it will work again.
The company has not said when it will fix the problem.
Many families use this app every day.
Parents cannot control their children's phones now.
Docomo said sorry for the problem.
People are waiting for more news from Docomo.
Vocabulary15 words
- app
- a small computer program on a phone
- fix
- to make something work again
- control
- to decide what happens
- company
- a business that sells things or services
- website
- a page you see on the internet
- parent
- a mother or father
- problem
- something wrong or bad
- phone
- a device for calling and using the internet
- service
- help or work a company gives to people
- repair
- to fix something broken
- sorry
- words you say when you did something wrong
- family
- a group like parents and children
- internet
- a big network of computers and phones
- customer
- a person who buys or uses something
- update
- new information about something
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Quiz
Answer key
1. A phone app for parents 2. Two weeks 3. No, it is not known
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NTT Docomo is a big phone _____ in Japan.
Docomo has an app called "_____ Filter".
This app helps _____ control what children see on phones.
The app stops children from seeing bad _____.
Now, the app does not _____.
It has not worked for two _____.
Docomo does not know when it will work _____.
The company has not said when it will _____ the problem.
Many families use this app every _____.
Parents cannot control their children's _____ now.
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