Tapping Under False Pretenses
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Tapping Under False Pretenses
ENG101
November 20, 2010
Tapping Under False Pretenses
It is difficult to imagine, back in the pre-internet age, that there would even be global social networking, let along the need for privacy laws to protect the public involved in them. It is even more absurd when it is our own government agencies that we need protection from. In the article, “Twitter Tapping” it is apparent that internet privacy laws are being violated by government agencies that are acting on information obtained by searching and monitoring social network and forum sites without the knowledge of the public, and at times, under false pretenses, and deception.
The editorial, “Twitter Tapping” discusses the increased use of government agency monitoring of public networking sites such as, Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. These network sites have gained popularity because they are a public way for long distance friends, relatives, and old classmates can find each other and share photos, video, and conversation. Some have even found romance on these sites. Facebook, in particular, is largely a private domain keeping information only visible to the people of the owner’s choosing. Still, old internet privacy laws allow government agencies to use social networking for investigations, data collection and surveillance. The writer of this editorial agrees that new privacy laws are needed in order to keep up with the ways people communicate today and to learn more about our government’s use of social networking sites. However, it also indicates that law enforcement agencies are within their rights to read and act on what is written to the public over the internet. (Twitter tapping, 2009).
Government agencies choose who, what, when, and where to watch and collect information on a person, and what will happen with the information they find without any regard to the privacy of this person. It could be argued that criminals should not be aware of official...
ENG101
November 20, 2010
Tapping Under False Pretenses
It is difficult to imagine, back in the pre-internet age, that there would even be global social networking, let along the need for privacy laws to protect the public involved in them. It is even more absurd when it is our own government agencies that we need protection from. In the article, “Twitter Tapping” it is apparent that internet privacy laws are being violated by government agencies that are acting on information obtained by searching and monitoring social network and forum sites without the knowledge of the public, and at times, under false pretenses, and deception.
The editorial, “Twitter Tapping” discusses the increased use of government agency monitoring of public networking sites such as, Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. These network sites have gained popularity because they are a public way for long distance friends, relatives, and old classmates can find each other and share photos, video, and conversation. Some have even found romance on these sites. Facebook, in particular, is largely a private domain keeping information only visible to the people of the owner’s choosing. Still, old internet privacy laws allow government agencies to use social networking for investigations, data collection and surveillance. The writer of this editorial agrees that new privacy laws are needed in order to keep up with the ways people communicate today and to learn more about our government’s use of social networking sites. However, it also indicates that law enforcement agencies are within their rights to read and act on what is written to the public over the internet. (Twitter tapping, 2009).
Government agencies choose who, what, when, and where to watch and collect information on a person, and what will happen with the information they find without any regard to the privacy of this person. It could be argued that criminals should not be aware of official...