Intangible Impacts Of Mass Surveillance On Society And Citizens

The U.S. government has a long history of using various kinds of surveillance tools to monitor citizens’ activities. During the Cold War, the FBI ran a domestic counterintelligence program called COINTELPRO protect the national security from hostile foreign threats; however, the program evolved into an effort to suppress non-violent protest groups and political dissidents with an array of illegal activities (Hutchinson). COINTELPRO negatively influenced the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. After the attacks of 9/11, the government has been again engaging in extensive surveillance with wiretaps, warrantless physical searches and an array of other activities. As a result, many innocent citizens’ private information is being at risk of secondary use and abuse. The government monitors its citizens in good faith; however, surveillance does not effectively solve the issues of security and safety because their ways …show more content…
This research paper focuses on exploring intangible impacts mass surveillance has on the society and citizens. It will answer the question why surveillance will not be an effective tool to deal with the issues of national security and safety. The whole paper will have about nine paragraphs. It will start by introducing the cycles of surveillance in the history of the United States, and then, go over the surveillance in the age