NDM: Government internet syping

Society questions the governments authority over there privacy

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/30/government-data-collection-citizens-acceptance-global-rights-privacy-free-speech

Summary:

This article shows how a Hollywood film has shed light on a subject matter in which society and citizens have remained passive about and haven't been aware of its existence until now. The film known as 'NSA Whistleblower' has shed a large light amongst people regarding government surveillance programmes. The British Intelligence have been secretly spying on people's online activity of decades.

Statistics:

• The British Intelligence have been spying on the public for more than 10 years
• The Human Rights treaty was signed by 47 nations
• They have stored and catalogued 100,000's of peoples address and data

Own view:

I believe that it is fine for the government to act in this way only if it is in the best interest of the the country. For example, when the Paris attacks occurred, the government found it necessary to regulate people's online activity to ensure that there were no extremist content being advocated amongst people. In addition, even if they were spying on people's online activity, they aren't harming people. How will people know that they are being spyed on? Exactly! They won;t therefore, there is no real problem of the government spying on it citizens as it is for the best interest of the British public.