Speed Reading — Level 3 — 300 wpm 

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France's government has asked Google to blur all images of French prisons on the Internet. The request is because a prisoner escaped from Reau Prison near Paris in July. The prisoner who escaped was an infamous killer. He is known as the "jailbreak king" because he has escaped from prisons in France many times. The people who helped the man escape from Reau Prison used a helicopter to land inside the prison and then flew the man out. They used Google Maps to get an idea of the layout of the prison's grounds. France's justice minister has now asked Google to remove or blur all images of prisons in France from its services. This is to help stop future jailbreaks.

France's justice minister said she did not want any details or pictures of prisons online. She particularly wanted all aerial photos to be blurred so no one could use them to carry out criminal activities. She complained to a local radio station that: "It's not normal that photos of security buildings such as our prisons are out there on the Internet." Google said it has contacted the companies that provide the images. A spokesperson told Reuters news agency that Google's mapping services used images provided by other companies. It said: "We have given our suppliers a list of sensitive locations and asked them to take the necessary steps as soon as possible to conform with the law."

Comprehension questions
  1. Who did the French government ask to blur images online?
  2. When did a prisoner escape from a prison in Paris?
  3. What is the man who escaped from prison known as?
  4. How did the man escape from the prison?
  5. What does France's justice minister want to stop happening in future?
  6. What kinds of photos did the justice minister particularly not want?
  7. Who did the justice minister complain to?
  8. What did the justice normal say was not normal to be on the Internet?
  9. What has Google given its suppliers a list of?
  10. What must Google's suppliers conform with as soon as possible?

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