Persuasive Essay On Privacy

Privacy has been a problem throughout the American history. It is natural for people to want their own privacy without anyone or anything to see what they look up on the internet. The people of the United States thought that at one point in their life they had privacy and that the government wasn’t looking through their phone calls or internet history. Yet, in 2013 a man came out and told the people of America that the government has every call, internet history and more. This made the people freak out and hate the government. But the government should be allowed to regulate, monitor, and censor the internet for the safety and care of the citizens of the United States even though the people have the right to privacy. Safety is one of the reasons

Facebook, Twitter, even Xbox One has been used to recruited and empower terrorists (Sable). This has spread hatred and fear among the United States. That is dangerous and the government needs to make sure ISIS doesn’t have the power to kill innocent lives. On the other hand, TIME argued: ...online service providers are not experts on terrorism. They’re businesses, not intelligence agencies. And there’s no magical bright line that separates “good” from “bad” speech, no mystical algorithm possessed by Facebook to figure out exactly what speech should be reported to the state....Shutting down the accounts of terrorist organizations would actually deprive the government of an important source of intelligence. And it would certainly deprive Americans of the ability to see and challenge the views of terrorist organizations. It is a grave mistake to expect or require private social media companies to act as arms of the national security state. There is problem here because the people want protection, but at the same time we want our privacy; Josh Earnest, White House Press Secretary, said, “We are going to resist the urge to

The number of hackers is increasing at a very fast rate. Nationwide, companies have been hacked and robed of important information of the company and people. Hacking victims include the likes of Sony Network, Target, Twitter, Wal-Mart and universities like UCLA. The number of people getting hacked is growing, “21 percent of people – that’s one in five – had had an email or social networking account hacked”. The government has to come in the picture to stop all illegal hacking to big and important governments. The government itself has been hacked, a service or a retailer can get hacked or a government employee loses a briefcase containing a laptop with people’s unencrypted personal information. Information of the government has been stolen and it is most caused by hackers. When it comes to trying to protect the people from companies and agencies being hacked or losing data, it is like a plane with passengers. The government needs the permission of the people to make stronger there regulation on the internet. If the government doesn’t strengthen its regulation then America can be exposed to hackers around the world. The social media has been hacked to harm people reputations and to steal information like, address, phone number, and pictures. Hacking is illegal and is a safety issues that the government needs to fix. Bank accounts have been also been hacked and people have lost hundreds, thousands, even millions of dollars. In a