SOCIAL MEDIA AND SURVEILLANCE
The article talks about how social media can often be effective in blurring the lines between different 'life spheres' and not bringing about a sense of separation between 'different worlds.' Things like this mainly come about due to social networks being quite business-oriented and data being something that is worth quite a lot nowadays in a time where data mining is becoming more and more used. Government surveillance is also something that is looked upon quite warily since while they may claim to seeking total surveillance for the protecting freedom against terrorists, the breach of freedom for citizens it entails is quite a huge sacrifice.
While the protection of citizens is something I believe the government should do their best to do, I do believe that a line has to be drawn between them actually defending against national threats and plain snooping on its citizens. Issues like this have arisen in the media with stories such as the phone tapping scandal and also more locally, the News of the World phone hacking case where phones were being hacked for information to be used by the media. All things like this make you realise that perhaps it's quite a big price that we pay for protection by the executive.
As mentioned protection is very important, the public need to be careful on what they share online for the world to see and it could lead to the government tracking activities online to spot the odd few. this could have a disadvantage as they might accuse someone for posts when it could be someone else behind the online account or even device.
For economic reasons and social reasons, I understand why they need to track my online movements . I do think that it is a small price to pay for the benefits of a life online as I do not really mind if they track my movements online if it means I can benefit from a free service as they need to make a profit.
When it comes to the Harvard article i find it to be normal for firms such as this school to look into the people they take in. those students were miss behaving on the web, being uncivil members of the public society. On the other hand, it was very harsh to cut those kids education opportunities. This is a prime example why younger genrations should be more careful on what they do on the internet as it may harm their future.
The article talks about how social media can often be effective in blurring the lines between different 'life spheres' and not bringing about a sense of separation between 'different worlds.' Things like this mainly come about due to social networks being quite business-oriented and data being something that is worth quite a lot nowadays in a time where data mining is becoming more and more used. Government surveillance is also something that is looked upon quite warily since while they may claim to seeking total surveillance for the protecting freedom against terrorists, the breach of freedom for citizens it entails is quite a huge sacrifice.
While the protection of citizens is something I believe the government should do their best to do, I do believe that a line has to be drawn between them actually defending against national threats and plain snooping on its citizens. Issues like this have arisen in the media with stories such as the phone tapping scandal and also more locally, the News of the World phone hacking case where phones were being hacked for information to be used by the media. All things like this make you realise that perhaps it's quite a big price that we pay for protection by the executive.
As mentioned protection is very important, the public need to be careful on what they share online for the world to see and it could lead to the government tracking activities online to spot the odd few. this could have a disadvantage as they might accuse someone for posts when it could be someone else behind the online account or even device.
For economic reasons and social reasons, I understand why they need to track my online movements . I do think that it is a small price to pay for the benefits of a life online as I do not really mind if they track my movements online if it means I can benefit from a free service as they need to make a profit.
When it comes to the Harvard article i find it to be normal for firms such as this school to look into the people they take in. those students were miss behaving on the web, being uncivil members of the public society. On the other hand, it was very harsh to cut those kids education opportunities. This is a prime example why younger genrations should be more careful on what they do on the internet as it may harm their future.
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