Individual Literature Review

The issue of Government surveillance came about when a man named Edward Snowden issued a news paper article accusing the government of going against the fourth amendment from the Constitution of the United States. He accused the government on secretly surveying innocent peoples lives based off of their social media lives and what they put on the Internet. People view this two different ways, that of which it is a good thing to eliminate any possible threat of terrorists, or that of an invasion of privacy on their personal lives. The safety issue is a very strong argument since technology is a very big way of communication the government could potentially intercept any possible threats of terrorist or any threat to the citizens of the United States. But then again it is an issue of invading privacy. People use social media such as Facebook and twitter to express their personal beliefs and interests. Now is it to much that intelligence agencies can thrive off of these websites by surveying people without them even knowing they are being watched. Now is there a happy medium? Can the government keep a close eye on people who set off red flags on things the post or recent purchases? This is a strong debate and people swing both ways of this argument. But personally I think that it is to much of invasion of privacy that the government is able to watch over anyone at any given time without them knowing.